Infrastructure News Summary
For May 30, 2008

NOBLESVILLE: ROUNDABOUT WORK NEAR LOWE'S WRAPPING UP
Noblesville Daily Times
Jonathan Babalola
5/29/08

The man overseeing Noblesville's latest road improvement project has deemed the work "substantially" ready for the public's consumption. The brunt of the work on a roundabout at the intersection of Town and Country Boulevard and Mercantile Boulevard is set to be finished allowing for uninhibited traffic flow. "The final paving and striping will finish this week, weather permitting," said John Berry, the city's head engineer. "Currently it's serving as a one-lane roundabout, but once striping is done, it will serve its full purpose as a two-lane area. It should be substantially complete by this week." The project, which cost the city nearly $800,000, will feature a two-lane roundabout at the intersection, which is directly bordered by Lowe's to the east and Chili's and O'Charley's to the west. In addition to the roundabout, an additional left turn lane has been added on Town and Country Boulevard for motorists turning south onto Indiana 37. http://www.county29.net/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14643&Itemid=230

CASS COUNTY BRIDGE OPENS
WSJV
5/28/08

After being closed for two years, the Northrop Street Bridge is open again. Officials were concerned the bridge would collapse, so they shut it down. They started construction to fix it in February. Bob Powers, Board of Road Commissioners says, "Hopefully it lasts another 50 or 60 years like the old one did." Officials say the bridge is opening two months ahead of schedule. The Critical Bridge Program helped fund the project. http://www.fox28.com/News/index.php?ID=38105

TIME CORNERS WORK ENTERS 2ND PHASE
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
5/29/08

Traffic patterns at the Time Corners project will change Friday as it enters its second phase of construction. During this five-week phase, all widening, curb and gutter work will be done on both sides of the median area on Jefferson Boulevard. The new entrance to Time Corners Shopping Center will remain open, as the new traffic signal is operational. http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080529/LOCAL/805290331/1002/LOCAL

WORK TO CLOSE STRETCH OF GREEN RIVER ROAD IN JUNE
Evansville Courier & Press
5/29/08

Road work will shut down a portion of Green River Road next month, first for only two days and then for two weeks. http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/may/29/work-close-stretch-green-river-road-june/?partner=yahoo_headlines

MCKINLEY-IRONWOOD WORK COMING SOON
CITY EXPECTS TO FINISH WORK THIS YEAR.
South Bend Tribune
Jamie Loo
5/29/08

SOUTH BEND -- The long-awaited improvements to the Ironwood Drive and McKinley Avenue intersection will take place sometime this year. The intersection will be widened to accommodate five lanes and will have protected left turn lanes in each direction. The work will widen the intersection about a block in each direction, and then revert back to the current curb alignment. City public works Director Gary Gilot said the city needs to acquire three more pieces of right of way and meet with the citizens' steering committee one more time to go over the plans. Gilot said the parcels are smaller than what was originally required in the Indiana Department of Transportation plans. http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080529/News01/805290328