Infrastructure News Summary
For July 16, 2008
ROAD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Indiana's News Center
Jessica Toumani
7/15/08
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) --- The project to make the Hillegas
Road bridge structurally sound still has no set end date. INDOT's I-69 expansion
project aims to expand the highway from two to three lanes. The project is
expected to be complete by November. As far as city construction projects are
concerned, the expansion and restoration of St. Joseph Center Road is set to be
complete in 2010, but is a running a bit behind schedule.
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/25481599.html
RONALD REAGAN PARKWAY OPENS TUESDAY
WTHR
Lynsay Clutter
7/15/08
Brownsburg - Drivers can start making their way along new pavement in
Hendricks County. The Ronald Reagan Parkway is now open in Brownsburg with the
exception of the north east ramp, which opened later in the day. This Ronald
Reagan connection about 3 miles east of State Road 267 is a critical piece of a
north south thoroughfare that will eventually connect interstates 70, and 74 and
possibly further north to I-65. The new interchange is a quick way around
Brownsburg, and in and out of Hendricks County. Supporters say the growing
suburbs will benefit by alleviating traffic congestion and speeding up travel. http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=8675532&nav=9Tai
Also, http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080716/LOCAL0503/807160401/1001/NEWS
RAMPS OPEN AT 41 AND DIAMOND
WFIE
Scott Galloway
7/15/08
The Indiana Department of Transportation announced that the ramps at Highway
41 and State Road 66 interchange are now open. Contractor's crews closed the
ramps in April for reconstruction of the interchange. Crews are now demolishing
and reconstructing the existing east bound lanes. The construction schedule
currently shows this project to be complete in June of 2009. http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=8676936&nav=menu54_2
GROUNDBREAKING PLANNED FOR VETERANS PARKWAY
Inside Indiana Business
7/15/08
The City of Jeffersonville will host a groundbreaking this week marking the
start of improvements to Veterans Parkway in southeast Indiana. Thursday
morning's event will take place at the intersection of Veterans Parkway and Town
Center Boulevard, which is adjacent to the Jeffersonville Town Center site. The
nearly $1,150,000 project will include the installation of a traffic signal,
turning lanes, street lights and a side road over several phases. http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=30422
STREET AND SEWER PROJECTS MULTIPLYING IN CHESTERTON
Kevin Nevers
Chesterton Tribune
7/16/08
Next week in the Town of Chesterton is beginning to look like a construction
witching hour. As early as Monday or Tuesday Walsh & Kelly Inc. could begin
milling Broadway between Eighth Street and 19th Street in preparation for
re-surfacing. At the same time a Walsh & Kelly crew could also be asphalting
Porter Ave. between Fifth Street and Eighth Street-but only if R.V. Sutton Inc.
has completed the emergency replacement of the corroded sanitary force main
running from the Dickinson Road lift station. If R.V. Sutton has completed that
project, it will turn next to Phase I of the South Calumet Business District
project. Meanwhile, Walsh and Kelly will try to duck in, when time allows, to
put a new surface on the crumbling portion of Eighth Street between Broadway and
West Morgan Ave. http://www.chestertontribune.com/Town%20of%20Chesterton/7158%20street_and_sewer_projects_multip.htm
I-69 CONSTRUCTION KICKS OFF
WTHR
7/16/08
Evansville - Advocates of the Interstate 69 extension are celebrating the
start of construction with an invitation-only event at Evansville's convention
center. Gov. Mitch Daniels is scheduled to give the keynote address for the
event Wednesday. The celebration was organized by Hoosier Voices for I-69, a
group that lobbied for the road's construction. The 142-mile highway will link
Indianapolis and Evansville. The first segment is being constructed in
southwestern Indiana's Gibson County.
http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=8685095
Also, http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_198122801.html
INDIANA 261 ROADWORK COMING TO AREA JUST NORTH OF NEWBURGH
Evansville Courier & Press
Rich Davis
7/16/08
Road improvements will close Indiana 261 at Hunter Road north of Newburgh
beginning July 28 and lasting through October, according to the Indiana
Department of Transportation. J.H. Rudolph Inc. of Evansville has a $1.2 million
contract to reconstruct the intersection. Traffic will be re-routed following
Indiana 62 to Interstate 164 and Indiana 66. Motorists on Hunter Road will not
have access to Indiana 261 during the construction. http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/jul/16/16web-roadwork/?partner=yahoo_headlines
HEBRON COUNCIL OKS $1 MILLION BOND FOR STREET WORK
Post-Tribune
James Wolf Jr.
7/16/08
HEBRON -- Town officials plan to borrow $1 million through bonds to get
street work done in the face of rising asphalt and construction prices. The Town
Council formally agreed Tuesday after hearing the price increases and an almost
tripling of costs for the Monroe Street lift station, which will help move
sewage from River's Edge subdivision on the west side of town. The bond is
expected to be done within 60 days, although road work will begin as soon as
possible, Council President Don Ensign said. The council originally planned to
do as many of the streets on its list of 24 as economically feasible. However,
the cost of asphalt, which is petroleum-based, rose $3 a ton June 1 and $8 a ton
July 1, Ensign said. An August increase is expected, he added. Out of the bond,
$566,000 will go toward street work, which was the work bid of Town and Country
of DeMotte. http://www.post-trib.com/news/1058073,hcouncil.article