Prospect Road to be closed to traffic downtown

Come out and enjoy St. Patrick’s Day in Peoria Heights

Prospect Road from Seiberling to Marietta in Peoria Heights will be blocked to traffic to accommodate this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the Village on Thursday, March 17. 

Barricades will be put up as the clock strikes midnight between Wednesday and Thursday. Traffic will be rerouted to Marietta and then to Columbus to bypass the Downtown.

There will be a substantial police presence, said Village Administrator and Police Chief Dustin Sutton.

“We want people to come out and enjoy themselves,” he said, but it will be “a controlled environment.” 

Meanwhile, Village officials are hoping for good weather, for a change from recent St. Patrick’s celebrations. As of right now, it looks like Mother Nature is going to be cooperating, with temperatures expected at an unseasonably warm 70 degrees and little chance of precipitation.