The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
New name for stretch of Vrooman Road?
Leroy Twp. trustees have submitted petition for change
A public hearing has been scheduled to discuss the renaming of a stretch of road in Leroy Township.
A portion of Vrooman Road in Leroy Township will be the subject of a proposed name change next week.
The public hearing will take place Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. on the fifth floor of the Lake County Administration Center, located at 105 Main St. in Painesville.
The Lake County commissioners recently adopted a resolution setting the hearing.
The action, which is the result of a petition submitted July 9 based on a request by the Leroy Township trustees, serves to rename a 2,000foot section of Vrooman Road as “Vrooman Road Extension.”
A memorandum from Lake County Engineer Jim Gills to the commissioners details that in 2012/2013, during the design and public meeting phase of the Vrooman Bridge project, the section of roadway in question was to be renamed Seeley Road.
At the time, with input from the Ohio Department of Transportation, it was agreed that Seeley Road was the logical choice, as it would be an extension of the current Seeley Road from Blair Road in the township to the new Vrooman Road.
According to the memo, “.... since then (in 2015), the section of Seeley Road that traverses the property owned by Lake Metroparks was vacated, thus making Seeley Road not contiguous as originally intended .... ”
As a result, the Engineer’s Office did “not object to the petition to rename said portion of Vrooman Road.”
However, Gills noted the office did recommend that the section of roadway be renamed “Old Vrooman Road” as opposed to “Vrooman Road Extension,” which he believes makes more sense.
“It is our opinion that ‘Old Vrooman Road’ is less confusing to the traveling public.”