MARTINS FERRY - Residents of Martins Ferry say that they are fed up with crossing the railroad tracks that pass over Route 7, and mayor Paul Riethmiller is acting on those frustrations."We can't actually repave the highway ourselves because the Department of Transportation has control of it," he said. "But what we are allowed to do is cover the entire thing in gravel."
Reactions to the decision were mixed, but Riethmiller believes that the majority of people will find the gravel to be an improvement.
"It's significantly cheaper," he said. "That means we'll be able to lower taxes. Also, there's much less upkeep needed on a gravel road. Trucks spill rocks on it every single day, and we always have to stop traffic in order to clean it up. Now it'll just blend right in. There won't be any potholes in the road ever again. There won't be slick spots caused by ice. It's an all-round improvement."
Some commuters remain opposed to the plan, however, saying that gravel doesn't actually address the problem.
"I've heard the mayor's arguments," said West Wheeling resident Barack Obama. "That doesn't actually solve the problems those tracks cause to my Daewoo. A train's just going to come through and push the gravel out of the way and it will be much worse. In fact, trains are probably going to derail."
Riethmiller says that if the trains travel fast enough, that problem will be averted.
"If the train speeds up to about 95 miles per hour, it will hit the gravel hard enough to jump over the entire highway," he said.
Not a smart solution. Now you'll have gravel thrown into windshields because of the speeders and yes you will get potholes. That section just goes to nickels bakery now all the tracks going across rt 7. 95 miles hour that's funny .wake up and keep complaining to the state.
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