BEREA, Ohio - Drivers using the Ohio Turnpike should expect to see workers over the next few months as $226 million in roadway construction projects continue, including pavement replacement and resurfacing, bridge renovations, and modernizing the toll collection system.

According to the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission, one of the major projects in Trumbull and Mahoning Counties is the modernization of the toll collection system.

The first project includes the installation of weigh-in motion (WIM) systems in Braceville, Trumbull County and the other just west of the Mahoning Valley Service Plaza, Springfield Township, Mahoning County.

The WIM system includes the installation of pavement sensors to weigh trucks as they are driving at highway speeds and to detect and enforce overweight vehicles traveling on the turnpike.

The WIM projects will start in June and will be completed in November. Two lanes of mainline turnpike traffic will be maintained in both directions during the project.

Another project includes the renovation of the existing Eastgate Toll Plaza in Mahoning County.

The A.P. O'Horo Company of Youngstown will perform the work on the existing building and toll plaza booth and lanes beginning in May 2023 with completion expected in May 2024.

Interruptions to turnpike traffic are not expected during the work on this project.

Shelly and Sands of North Jackson will continue work on pavement replacement this construction season.

The work includes the sections leading in and out of Eastgate Toll Plaza. Traffic will be maintained during the work, which will begin in spring and end in November 2023.

Other counties various projects to modernize the toll collection system at toll plaza interchanges in numerous counties will continue in 2023.