Ohio and Geauga County officials concerned about the safety of local Amish buggies amid the area’s fast and, occasionally, furious automotive traffic met to outline strategies for improvement Jan. 12. Although few horses pulled buggies through the snow belt’s first snowstorm of 2016 Tuesday, about 40 county, village, Amish and township officials met with Ohio Department of Transportation representatives and a consultant with the Geauga County Engineer’s Office, said Burton Township Trustee Jim Dvorak. “I’m glad (county Engineer) Joe Cattell picked up the torch. I believe in the whole concept,” Dvorak said, adding he and Middlefield Township Trustee Bob Troyer talked about widening...
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