Infrastructure News Summary
For July 1, 2008

SOUTHBOUND QUINCE ROAD CLOSED AT U.S. 20
South Bend Tribune
6/30/08

The Indiana Department of Transportation officials announced that the southbound lane of Quince Road will be closed throughout July during intersection improvement construction at U.S. 20. The work is part of a $1.3 million project that will add turn lanes on both directions of U.S. 20 and modernize the flashers at the Quince Road intersection. Construction started in June and is scheduled for completion by the end of August. http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080630/News01/185179287

ROAD WORK ON US 41
My Wabash Valley
Katie Shane
6/30/08

Indiana Department of Transportation crews shut down the southbound lane of US 41 in Vigo County for resurfacing. In the afternoon crews switched to the other side of the street and started on the northbound lane. INDOT spokeswomen Debbie Calder tells us the project started just south of State Road 246. Calder says the project will continue on and off into June of next year. http://mywabashvalley.com/content/fulltext/?cid=13251

NOISE BARRIER WORK ALONG EASTSIDE I-465 STARTS TODAY
The Indianapolis Star
6/30/08

Construction work on noise barriers along I-465 between U.S. 40/Washington Street and 21st Street on the city's Eastside will begin today. The $6.4 million job is the latest in a series of barrier installations in the metro area. Since 2006, the Indiana Department of Transportation has installed seven linear miles of noise barriers in the Indianapolis area at a cost of about $17 million. Work to widen I-465 on the Eastside already has been completed, according to Will Wingfield, INDOT spokesman. Noise barriers are built only along new or recently widened roads. Wingfield said bidding in October will mark the beginning of the second phase of a noise barrier project around the northeast and southeast corners of the I-465 and I-70 interchange on the Eastside. A third phase will place noise barriers on I-465 from East 30th Street to Pendleton Pike. The project should be complete by mid-2009, he said. On the Westside, the Rockville Road ramp onto southbound I-465 reopened Saturday, Wingfield said. That was part of Accelerate 465 interchange reconstruction. Work widening I-465 on that side of town continues. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080630/LOCAL1803/806300344

WORK CAUSING SOME LOGJAMS ON WASHINGTON
The Indianapolis Star
7/1/08

Construction work on Washington Street is causing a few headaches for Eastside commuters. Over the next two years, crews will be working to widen East Washington Street -- also U.S. 40 -- through Warren Township as part of a $20.8 million Major Moves project. East Washington Street will be rebuilt in phases to include three through lanes in each direction, with new sidewalks and storm sewers, according to Indiana Department of Transportation officials. The agency also is modernizing signs and signals, installing new turn lanes and extending existing turn lanes. So far, crews have worked mostly on such details as upgrading culverts and moving utilities in the path of the project, said Will Wingfield, an INDOT spokesman. Soon, crews will begin laying new asphalt in the south lanes of the roadway, diverting traffic to the north lanes, Wingfield said. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/LOCAL18/807010353