Cedar Point Road.....

I read the Register article...would be nice if either car would be on their side of the road. Both are over the yellow line. The maroon Hyundai is quite a bit into the other lane.

Kevinj said:

That said, we shot just enough buffalo before starting the trek down the Chaussee in 2018 that we made it. We nearly lost our oldest daughter, but she recovered when we traded some fur for antibiotics at the parking booth.

But the real question is: when you got to the flooded area, did you ford it, caulk your car and float across, or pay the exorbitant fee for the ferry to take you across?

I have no problem driving 35 down the road most of the way. But I guess I'm used to driving the lousy brick streets here in Cleveland (yes I mean real bricks like it's the 1920s) and down into the Flats where we are just glad the road is paved.

And there is no real time advantage to the Chausse like you all have said, unless you are some disrespectful a$$hat who drives 60. I just take it for nostalgia, and my girlfriend likes the weeping willows.

kylepark said:

They should RMC the road.

Then they would be criticized by some on here for only being able to accommodate 1100 cars per hour and not the published 1800 cars per hour.

Stacys said:
I read the Register article...would be nice if either car would be on their side of the road. Both are over the yellow line. The maroon Hyundai is quite a bit into the other lane.

They probably both swerved to go around the individual standing in the lane that took the pic.

There are signs when using Cedar Point Rd. as an entrance that there is to be no park traffic there but nothing to say you can't use the road to exit so I have been entering on the causeway and enjoying the ride on the chausee when I leave the park. I would be upset if I couldn't at least do this at some point in the future but the road is private so if they really want to make it completely off limits they have the power. I hope they don't.

Interesting Cedar Point will improve the Chausee. Hopefully they do the same for the causeway which, in its current state, does not represent a most grand welcoming to the park.

On realllly busy days they have had a sheriff stationed at the inside intersection to check IDs.

They were turning away all of those that were not residents or CP worker-bees.

The huge boulders added after the flooding was work that CP paid for.

The wealthy were upset about the condition of the "viewshed" after that, but were reminded that the other choice was having their home rinsed away by Lake Erie.

Not unlike the actual original path to the park...

Say, the price of fur is real good at the main toll booth...

Urumqi said:
Interesting Cedar Point will improve the Chausee. Hopefully they do the same for the causeway which, in its current state, does not represent a most grand welcoming to the park.

Agreed 100% on the Causeway. We've run the half marathon the last 2 years in June and the Causeway is a crumbling mess on the outer lanes, not great on the inner lanes. It's not as bad as the Kings Island parking lot, but thats not saying much.

I dont think the Causeway is terrible, especially compared to a lot of other roads in Sandusky. Repaving it would be a pretty sizable capital investment for the park that would no doubt take away from improvements inside the park.

Sizable capital investment, yes, and well worth it. You want to get the people to the park quickly and safely. Infrastructure is as important as the attractions. With out the one you don't have the other.

Kings Island really needs their parking lot repaved. I'll be fine with no new attraction for 2021 if they would replace the parking lot.

Maybe a freshly paved causeway is the new addition for season 150.

Along the causeway I noticed the following over last winter and into spring: Major work on the "high bridge" that boats pass under, possibly utilities; significant brush clearing & landscaping at the NE corner of First St. near that sign where people stop for selfies; demolition of two houses across from Mcdonalds; and looks like the Prayers From Maria Sunflower field will bloom soon.

One thing that would eliminate traffic would be if there wasn't any tollbooths/entrances at the end of the road. Is there a way to shut that down, yet leave access to/thru the lot for the people they allow to travel the road? Cedar Point Rd is a scenic drive, but I bet people wouldn't ignore signs about no park access more than once, if at all.

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Does anyone know why the park owns the road? Owning the causeway (at least I assume they do) makes sense as that is just a road that goes to the park. There are no private residences on it. But I cannot figure out why they would want to own a road that has houses on it.

I don't know the details, but perhaps the park owns the road while a Home Owners Association governs it?

^^ perhaps as a secondary route to the park during the yearly water main breaks and power line drownings.

Power lines shouldn’t be swimming without a life guard on duty.

The Chausee road was great this Friday evening and it was in a hell of alot better shape than last Fall. A new breakwall looks like it was added (by the beach/lake side) after the left turn past the weeping willow entrance. No problems here.