The State Highway Patrol will be utilizing federal funds to step up patrols and remove drunken drivers from Lorain County roads this weekend, according to Lt. Travis Hughes, commander of the patrol’s Elyria post.

Troopers will be conducting sobriety checkpoints around the state, according to a news release. In Lorain County, there won’t be any checkpoints, just stepped up patrols, Hughes said.

Historically, the Labor Day weekend is one of the deadliest on Ohio’s roads, according to a news release. Last year during Labor Day weekend, 17 people died in accidents, and seven of those deaths were alcohol related.