The Ohio State Highway Patrol will be conducting drunken-driving checkpoints Saturday night in several places around Ohio, including in Akron’s Firestone Park.
The patrol announced May 16 that it will operate from 8 p.m. to midnight at 1990 S. Main St.
The checkpoints will be held in conjunction with nearby “saturation patrols,” the agency said.
The statewide OVI (operating a vehicle under the influence) checkpoints, paid for by federal grant funds, are aimed at deterring and intercepting impaired drivers.
“Troopers see far too many people let one bad decision to drive impaired impact their lives and the lives of others traveling on Ohio’s roadways,” said Col. Charles A. Jones, patrol superintendent. “OVI checkpoints are designed to not only deter impaired driving but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from the road.”
Here are the other OVI checkpoints set for Saturday:
• Cuyahoga County – 5300 Harvard Ave., Cleveland, from 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.
• Wayne County – state Route 585 near milepost 1 from 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
• Defiance County – state Route 18 near milepost 26 from 9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
• Paulding County – U.S. Route 127 near milepost 12 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Erie County – state Route 4 at Bone Creek Drive from 9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
• Huron County – U.S. Route 250 near milepost 1 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Columbiana County – state Route 14 near milepost 11 from 9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
• Auglaize County – County Road 25A, north of state Route 67, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Miami County – County Road 25A and Industry Park Drive from 9 p.m. – 11 p.m.
• Fairfield County – Diley Road at Long Road from 8:30 p.m. – 12 a.m.
• Belmont County – U.S. 40 at Friends Church Road from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Washington County – 619 Maine St. in Belpre from 10 p.m. – 12 a.m.
• Clermont County – state Route 125 near milepost 3.5 from 10 p.m. – 12 a.m.
• Clinton County – Rombach Avenue at Progress Way from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
• Athens County – 748 W. Union St. from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Gallia County – Pine Street, near Union Street, from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Where is the Highway Patrol’s OVI checkpoint tonight in Akron?
Reporting by Akron Beacon Journal / Akron Beacon Journal
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