SOLON, Ohio — Drivers in Solon should prepare for major traffic changes beginning Tuesday, Aug. 19, as Phase 2 of the SOM Center Road reconstruction project gets underway.

Southbound lanes of SOM Center (state Route 91) will be closed from Ada/Arthur drives to Linden Drive, with only northbound traffic permitted in this section during construction. Passenger vehicles traveling south will be detoured from Aurora Road to Liberty Road and then to Pettibone Road, while truck traffic will follow a separate route along Aurora Road to state Route 82.

City officials emphasized that SOM Center south of Aurora Road will remain open, allowing access to Linden Drive and nearby shopping centers.

The SOM Center work comes as crews also advance the long-term Solon Road reconstruction. On June 27, traf

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