Ohio Edison is taking proactive measures to keep roads along the Lake Erie shoreline safe during the mayfly hatching season.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio Edison is taking proactive measures to keep roads near the Lake Erie shoreline safe during the mayfly hatching season.
The utility company said that select streetlights along Port Clinton’s lakeshore are being intentionally shut off at night toStreetlight service in other nearby Lake Erie communities in northern Ohio will also be suspended “over the next few weeks” throughout the hatching season, which could last until September.
Officials said mayflies can create hazardous driving conditions when they gather in large numbers along roadways and bridges. “Many people don’t realize these flies create a safety issue because their carcasses contain an oily substance that makes the surfaces they coat very slick, especially when it rains,” Nick Katsaros, an external affairs consultant for FirstEnergy,
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