Infrastructure News Summary
For November 28, 2007

SIDEWALK ROAD OPEN TO TRAFFIC AGAIN
Chesterton Tribune
Kevin Never
11-27-07

Sidewalk Road between Kelle Drive and Dickinson Road in Coffee Creek Center is open again, after a dispute between a developer and a contractor put the project on hold for more than a month. Chesterton Street Commissioner John Schnadenberg told the Town Council at its meeting Monday night that Rieth-Riley Construction Company was only waiting to receive some documents from Chesterton Development Partners LLC, the developer of the Village Green Townhomes. On receiving those documents, Rieth-Riley replaced 300 feet of curb on one day and milled and re-paved the roadway itself on the next day.
http://www.chestertontribune.com/Town%20of%20Chesterton/11276%20sidewalk_road_open_to_traffic_ag.htm

PUBLIC CAN VIEW SOUTH CALUMET PROJECT DRAWINGS DECEMBER 10
Kevin Nevers
Chesterton Tribune
11-27-07

The public will have its first opportunity to review the actual engineering drawings for Phase I of the South Calumet Business District on Dec. 10.
Phase I of the project, slated for 2008, will be comprised of the following:
oThe intersection of C.R. 100E and Beverly Drive Extended/South Calumet Road.
oThe connector road between C.R. 100E and South Calumet Road.
oThe stormwater link between C.R. 100E and Beverly Drive Extended/South Calumet Road to the existing detention basin west on Beverly Drive. http://www.chestertontribune.com/Town%20of%20Chesterton/11273%20public_can_view_south_calumet_pr.htm

BID AWARDED FOR U.S. 231 WIDENING
Evansville Courier & Press
11-28-07

Work should begin soon on added travel lanes to U.S. 231 in Spencer County after an Oregon, Ohio company was awarded a nearly $30 million contract for the project. The E.S. Wagner Company will handle turning U.S. 231 into a four-lane roadway from County Road 1250 North to Indiana 162. It was awarded a contract this week after bidding $29.7 million for the work. The work is expected to be complete by early 2009. http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/nov/28/bid-awarded-us-231-widening/

MONON GREENWAY UPGRADE PROPOSED FOR CITY CENTER
The Indianapolis Star
Francesca Jarosz
11-28-07

A section of the Monon Greenway that runs through the City Center development could become a widened thoroughfare that separates three lanes of bike and pedestrian traffic. Members of the Carmel Redevelopment Commission are reviewing early-stage designs for the section of the Monon that would replace a 12-foot-wide asphalt path from City Center Drive south to Monon Green Drive. The widened thoroughfare would include barriers of elevated plant boxes and trees in some places, according to the Redevelopment Commission's conceptual trail designs. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/LOCAL0101/711280333/1006/LOCAL

ZONING OVERLAY VOTE RESET
The Indianapolis Star
Rebecca Neal
11-28-07

AVON -- The Plan Commission will wait at least two more weeks before considering a decision on the U.S. 36 zoning overlay. After hearing more than an hour of public comment Monday, the planners decided to hold a special meeting Dec. 8 to address only the overlay. The zoning overlay was intended to create more stringent aesthetic requirements for buildings in Avon and has not been well received since it was first heard in August. The overlay would extend north a quarter mile from the northern edge of U.S. 36 and south to the northern side of the railroad tracks for the entire length of Avon's town limits. It limits development of big box stores west of Ind. 267, something several residents asked the board to consider at its Dec. 8 meeting. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/LOCAL0502/711280386/1006/LOCAL

HIGH-SPEED RAIL PLAN OFF TRACK
The NWI Times
Keith Benman
11-28-07

The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority on Tuesday voted 4-2 against funding a $125,000 study of a high-speed rail plan that would have focused on Gary/Chicago International Airport. Board member Howard Cohen said he opposed the request because the project could end up competing for funding with a South Shore West Lake extension plan, which calls for providing rail service to Lowell and Valparaiso. http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2007/11/28/business/business/docaea1d29151052262862573a0006f4808.txt