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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Bowfish tourney Happy Easter! Page 2 INNformer Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 5, No. 6 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 March 22, 2018 Ohio Rt 7 closure detours traffic to WV Rt 2 The Sistersville Ferry will open on a special schedule starting Monday, March 26. Service will be Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. until ODOT reopens Ohio Route 7. Fares remain the same as regular season. By Charles Winslow Construction Company installs temporary pavement for a single lane, which will be located closer to the NEWPORT, Ohio – State Route 7 in Washington County, Ohio, will be closed just north of the Newport- Ohio River. When the road reopens April 2, traffic lights will control the flow of traffic and there will be St Marys Bridge until April 2 as a result of a massive landslide and slip that occurred Feb. 22. a width restriction of 12 feet. “The landslide repair will require the failed material – “We understand that the two-week closure will be an including rock, soil and trees – to be removed from the inconvenience to motorists; however, it will allow for the safety of the traveling public while rock scaling and slope above State Route 7,” Rittenhouse explained. “The slope will be laid back to a stable configuration. the removal of loose material in performed on the top half of the hillside,” Ashley Rittenhouse, public infor- This is common along the Ohio River Valley.” mation officer for ODOT, told The INNformer. The entire project, which is estimated to cost between Excessive rainfall during the series of storms in Febru- $1.5 million and $2.5 million, is expected to be com- pleted by June 1. ary saturated the soil on the steep hillside, causing a section of ground 800 by 400 feet to slump – with part “While this is the biggest landslide we are contending of it giving way completely – sending dirt, trees and with in ODOT District 10, it is certainly not the only A series of drenching storms in February caused boulders down the hill toward the highway. one. In fact, all the rain over the past month has caused numerous hillsides to slip onto roadways on both After ODOT engineers performed an inspection of the a total of 46 in six of our nine counties,” Rittenhouse sides of the Ohio River. The landslide on Ohio Rt 7, slippage, which included using a drone provided by the said. Of those 46, 19 were in Monroe County and 8 in shown above, requires the road be closed between Washington County. Newport and Hannibal for 2 weeks while debris is University of Cincinnati, it was decided the landslide removal and stabilization project would require the removed and repairs made. During the road closure, traffic will be diverted to West roadway to be closed while Columbus-based Kokosing Virginia Route 2 at Newport and Hannibal. Sistersville Council readies for dilapidated building ordinance During committee reports, the council was in- SISTERSVILLE – Sistersville City Council held the to remedy the situation and can order “the first reading of an ordinance intended to address repair, alteration, improvement, closing, removal formed there was damage at the city park from or demolition, or any combination thereof, of the issue of dilapidated buildings within the city February’s flooding and that the electrical service any structure, dwelling or other buildings limits at their regular meeting March 12. should be inspected as it was underwater. that are unsafe, unsanitary, dangerous or detri- The ordinance calls for the establishment of a The Sistersville Community Service Organization mental to the public safety or welfare.” Building Safety Commission, which would have will sponsor its annual Easter Egg Hunt at the city If an owner does not comply with the commis- the authority to enter into any building or onto any park Saturday, March 31, at 11 a.m. The council sion’s notices and orders, then the ordinance property for the purpose of inspection and to de- also approved a 5K run, walk and bike race, for grants the city the authority to “cause all neces- termine physical condition. Saturday, May 5. sary repairs, alterations, or improvements to be If a majority of the commission deem there is The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Sis- made, or if the public welfare requires, may a danger, then the ordinance allows for them tersville City Council will be Monday, April 9, at 7 cause the dwelling, structure, or other building to to require the owner to take steps necessary be closed, removed or demolished.” p.m. at the Sistersville City Hall. US Forest Service announces public meetings on Wayne use By Charles Winslow Fifth St., Monday, April 2, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Forestry will attend the meeting at NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The U.S. For- Athens, to discuss upcoming revisions to and an additional meeting has been Ohio’s Forest Action Plan. scheduled at the Monroe County Senior est Service has scheduled six public Center, 118 Home Ave., Woodsfield, for “The format of these meetings will be an meetings and two webinars to provide Wednesday, April 4, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. open house in which staff from the information about the process for revis- Wayne National Forest will be available Also, two internet-based webinars are ing the Wayne Forest’s land manage- ment plan. to explain the revision process and an- scheduled. The first is Saturday, April 7, swer questions that the public may have,” 10 a.m. to noon, then Monday, April 9, Last month the Forest Service an- Tony Scardina, forest supervisor, stated 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. “We are also taking a nounced it will begin revising its land in a press release. “It is also important for new approach by providing virtual we- management plan, which directs where the public to understand these initial and under what condition an activity on binars to engage the public more meetings and webinars are not intended broadly and for those that are unable to Road, Monday, March 26, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. a national forest can proceed, for the to discuss or address specific topics. That attend the in-person meetings,” Scardina Buckeye State’s only national forest in In Athens, at the Ohio Division of will come at a later time in the process said in the release. April and these meetings are part of the Wildlife District 4 Office, 360 East State and we look forward to hearing at these revision process. The current plan has St., Tuesday, March 27, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. In The website for the webinar is meetings how people would like to be been in effect since 2006 and was last re- Ironton, at the Ohio University Southern, https://usfs.adobeconnect.con/wnf-1000/ engaged over the next several years.” Riffe Building, 1804 Liberty Ave., vised in 2012. Thursday, March 29, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. . If you have questions about how to par- The U.S. Forest Service’s public meeting ticipate in the online event call Lori Representatives from the Ohio Depart- schedule is: In Jackson, at the Jackson Swiderski at (740) 753-0859 or email Locally, a meeting will be held at An- drews Hall at Marietta College, 215 County Extension Office, 17 Standpipe ment of Natural Resources, Division of wayneplanrevision@fs.fed.us. 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