The City of Nelsonville announces that West Washington Street will be closed immediately today Thursday, October 16, 2025, West of the entrance to Saving Hardware, until 5:00PM, Monday, October 20, 2025. The street closure is necessary for a sanitary sewer repair.
Please avoid this area and use an alternate route.
The City of Nelsonville announces that the Public Square will be closed to traffic Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 7:00AM until 6:00PM for a community yard sale. There will be no parking allowed on the Public Square starting at 6:30AM, Saturday, October 18, 2025. Unauthorized cars will be towed away at the owner’s expense. Please avoid this area and use an alternate route.
The Nelsonville Fire Department will be closing the Nelsonville Public Square on Thursday, September 11, 2025, from 7:30 AM until 11:30 AM for a 9-11 memorial service. Local first responders and the public are invited to attend. Watch a live streaming video without audio of the ceremony at http://nelsonvillechamber.com/index.php/live-stream. The memorial service will start at 8:46 AM, the time American Airlines Flight 11, flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Additional times will be commemorated at,
Local emergency responders, along with the citizens they protect, are encouraged to take time out of their workday to commemorate the terrorist attacks in New York City, and Washington, D.C., and the bravery of the passengers that went down with the plane in Shanksville, PA on September 11, 2001. The commemoration ceremonies will honor the 2,507 civilians, 72 law enforcement officers, 343 firefighters, 10 emergency medical workers, and 55 military service personnel who lost their lives, or gave their lives saving others. Many first responders are still fighting for their lives, and others are losing their lives, because of their response to Ground Zero. Each year we lose a few more.
Everyone is encouraged to take a few minutes and acknowledge the loss to the country and the victim’s families…mark the day, and remember…, so that WE WILL NEVER FORGET.
The City of Nelsonville announces that the Canal Street construction project is continuing. Concrete and paving have started on East Canal Street from 2nd Street to Burr Oak Boulevard. The roadway will be closed to all traffic. A detour has been established using Chestnut Street and Burr Oak Boulevard.
Concrete and paving will start Monday, September 8, 2025, on West Canal Street from Madison Street to September Street. The roadway will be closed to all traffic. A detour has been established using Madison Street, West Columbus Street and September Street.
Please avoid these areas and use alternate routes. We understand the inconvenience this project has caused, and we appreciate your cooperation and understanding during this major construction project. For information call 740-568-3904.
The City of Nelsonville announces that Scott Street will be closed, Monday, August 25, 2025, from 7:00AM until 5:00PM, for street asphalt repair. Vehicle traffic will be detoured to Pleasantview Avenue and traffic controlled by traffic lights on Fort St and Pleasantview Avenue.
Please avoid this area and use an alternate route.
The City of Nelsonville announces that Hocking Parkway will be closed to traffic between both ends of Loop Road due to 2025 Hocking College home football games. Loop Road will be used as a detour route for these closures. The road closures will be from 11:00AM until 6:00PM each gameday. The game days are listed below. Please avoid this area and use an alternative route on these dates.
The City of Nelsonville announces that the Public Square will be closed to traffic Friday, August 22, 2025, at 3:00PM until 9:00PM for The Plains Lions Club Car Show. There will be no parking allowed on the Public Square starting at 2:30PM, Friday, August 22, 2025. Unauthorized cars will be towed away at the owner’s expense. Please avoid this area and use an alternate route.
The City of Nelsonville announces that West Washington Street will be closed today Monday, August 18, 2025, from Adams Street to Madison Street until 5:00PM.
The street closure is necessary for a waterline replacement project.
Please avoid this area and use an alternate route.
The City of Nelsonville announces that the Canal Street construction project will start again on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. Between Wednesday, August 20, 2025, and Tuesday, September 2, 2025, contractors will be working on installing wheelchair ramps and cleaning up completed road sections. During this time various single lane closures will be necessary as work progresses. Stay alert for lane closures on Canal Street. Complete road closures will continue after the Labor Day Holiday. Complete closure information will be released as it becomes available.
We understand the inconvenience this project has caused, and we appreciate your cooperation and understanding during this major construction project.
The City of Nelsonville announces that The Parade of The Hills Festival street closures and NO PARKING will begin tomorrow Sunday, August 10, 2025, at 12:00 PM and remain closed through Sunday, August 17, 2025. The full street closures with NO limited access are due to pedestrian safety concerns from prior years.
The following streets will be closed to all traffic:
Please expect vendor, carnival rides and pedestrian traffic throughout the area. Please use caution in the area during the festival and please consider using an alternate route.
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