Infrastructure News Summary
For May 7, 2008

PAVING BIDS FOR COUNTY COME IN LOWER THAN EXPECTED
Reporter-Times
Keith Rhoades
5/6/08

This year, Morgan County may get a few more miles of roadway paved than county officials initially anticipated. Wallace Construction Inc. has been awarded the contract by the Morgan County Commissioners to pave about 16 miles of county roads. The Morgan County Commissioners opened paving bids Monday morning during their regular meeting. Wallace was the lowest bidder for all roads the county wanted paved. The county asked for bids on a cost per-ton, per-road basis, and Wallace was the lowest of seven companies that submitted bids. The cost per-ton includes the cost of the asphalt and the work should begin later this month by the company. Commissioner Norman Voyles said the bids were lower than expected, so some additional paving may be done. Voyles said he hoped the county would be able to do more paving this fall. http://www.reporter-times.com/stories/2008/05/06/news.qp-7127987.sto

82ND STREET BRIDGE WORK BEGINS
The Indianapolis Star
Gretchen Becker
5/6/08

Work began today on a project to refurbish a historic bridge carrying eastbound lanes of 82nd Street near Keystone at the Crossing. With the delivery of materials underway, workers from Faulkner Construction will begin the refurbishing efforts Wednesday afternoon or Thursday from positions beneath the green David Wolf bridge, said Phillip Hunter, project supervisor from Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates.The first step is to build scaffolding. The contractor's schedule lists his target contract completion date as Sept. 16. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/LOCAL1802/80506044

PLEAS MADE TO SAVE OLD BRIDGE 13
The Shelbyville News
Bettina Puckett
5/6/08

The three members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners often struggle over what is best for the citizens of the county - and how to wisely spend taxpayers' money. But Bridge No. 13 is a battle they've been fighting for years. Preservationists and neighbors who live near the bridge want the commissioners to rehab the 119-year-old structure, which is noted among Hoosier historians as being one of the last remaining iron bridges in central Indiana. But the commissioners' dilemma is that - although the bridge is a part of Shelby County's history - it is also a functional overpass that citizens cross on a daily basis. And the commissioners realize that it's county government's job to make that bridge as safe as possible.
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