Portage County Rest Area
Rest Area on Interstate 76 at Mile 45 near Ravenna, Ohio.
Amenities include:
- Restrooms
- Phones
- Picnic Tables
- Pet Exercise Area
- Accessible Facilities
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Rest Areas along Interstate Highways
Rest Area on Interstate 76 at Mile 45 near Ravenna, Ohio.
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Next week will be January 2024, and this rest area is still closed. Frustrating, my husband and I travel to our daughter’s house frequently, passing the rest areas both East and Westbound, and have to get off the highway to use restrooms in gas stations or fast food restaurants each time we go there.
Sounds like contractor failed to pay sub-contractors and they didn’t fix some issues, which I assume are inside/not visible to see driving by. This is not uncommon with contractors, a lot of them are scumbags and they take the money and run. To fix poor quality work/issues cuts into their profits.
This is very common with middle class income folks who build their dream home but run out of money fighting them in court for poor quality workmanship/issues. I be willing to bet the state was releasing funds based on what work was done and after they did an inspection.
Contractor I’d be willing to bet asked for a payment release and the state denied them until some issue were fixed. I’d also bet the contractor tried to band aid them & cover them up but the state didn’t go for it and eventually fired them.
Now it’s a whole new process of getting bids to fix and finish the job which takes a long time.
This is just my opinion base on my knowledge/experience with building contractors, which was formed by a news video, which you can see in the below link.
Hope this gives you some insight. I almost be willing to bet, they won’t be finish until sometime in 2025 if we’re lucky!
https://www.wfmj.com/clip/15450702/no-timetable-set-for-renovated-rest-stops-closed-along-i-76
Why are the rest areas still mot open on 76 East and West? They look like they have been finished for about a year now.
Closed for reconstruction. Expected to re-open in February, 2022.
September 2023… it’s still closed. Supply chain issues?
Is there any update of when it will reopen?
Unfortunately no, the Ohio DOT website has no new information available