PORT CLINTON – Plasterbed Road remains closed due to recurring sinkholes, including at least one that opened more than a year ago. A planning study has been requested by the county engineer to see how much a fix would cost.
A 1.02 mile section of Plasterbed Road between State Road County Road 8 and Lockwood County Road 133 sits over abandoned gypsum mines. Fluctuating water levels from the Sandusky Bay cause recurring sinkholes in the road.
After two years of being closed, the county commissioners decided to keep the road closed in their meeting last January…