Matthews Road closed for culvert replacement in Youngstown, Youngstown OH


Matthews Road in Youngstown is closed between Southern Boulevard and South Avenue for about 20 days due to culvert replacement work. This is causing some increased traffic and congestion in nearby neighborhoods.
Audio|Source: Youngstown Amateur Radio
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Transcript:
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I see a road closed sign.
00:01
I heard they closed Matthews Road here between Southern Boulevard and South Avenue.
00:07
So I guess just a PSA for anybody listening.
00:10
Matthews Road between Southern Boulevard and South Avenue is closed.
00:14
KD8 SDJ.
00:15
I guess it's me.
00:17
So, yeah, I don't go, that needs to be the way to go over to, like, Borman and stuff, but I haven't gone that way in forever.
00:23
I don't even know if I've ever been on that little stretch there.
00:26
Maybe, once? I'm not real sure.
00:28
If I've ever been on Matthews, it's going east from South Avenue to Lake Yopo Road or something.
00:34
Yeah, I would avoid it.
00:37
It's a crowded street already.
00:39
And now all the neighborhoods are crowded.
00:42
There were three, four, five cars maybe at the red light on the one side of me that would never be there.
00:52
Everybody comes up Matthews and makes a left.
00:55
But I guess they're doing a culvert replacement, so they have that closed for 20 days.
00:59
I don't know, we'll see how it goes.
01:02
It's closed. It doesn't really, doesn't change my day, but hopefully it doesn't affect people too much.
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Location mentioned:
South Ave, Youngstown, OH
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