The city of Newark will receive funding to widen Thornwood Drive and construct a roundabout at an intersection along the roadway amid a projected traffic increase around the area in the coming years.

NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio - When Lorain County’s first roundabout was proposed along the North Ridgeville/Avon border, local restaurateur Bud Hagy was skeptical. “I was against it at first,” he admits.