Noblesville has announced its street rehabilitation project to address the most necessary infrastructure needs within the city. This year’s list has expanded to include more work than in years past – an increase of $500,000 over the total spending in 2015.
“Noblesville’s ‘Making Moves’ road repaving and sidewalk repair project for this summer is an intensified street rehabilitation effort funded by the revenues the city is able to capture from the recent change in the trash ordinance,” Mayor John Ditslear said.
City Engineer John Beery said that the trash ordinance change equates to approximately 25 percent more work being done to streets, sidewalks and alleys than previously planned.
“Over the past year, we have completely inventoried and reviewed the conditions of all our streets and alleys,” said Beery. “Once each road is evaluated and graded, a street rehabilitation list is made based on priority and grouping the work to be the most efficient with our budget. We make every effort to address the areas that are most in need.”
The Noblesville Engineering Department has awarded three contracts for infrastructure work throughout the city. Resurfacing projects include South Ninth Street, Pebble Brook Village, South Harbour, East Harbour, Lakecrest, Morse Lake Estates, 196th Street, Hague Road and Carrigan Road.
Other projects include the replacement of sidewalks in the Southwest Quadrant. Concrete sidewalk installation on Little Chicago Road north of Carrigan Road; Allisonville Road north of Field Drive to Fairfield Farms; and on Maple Street in front of the Public Safety Building, along with alley approaches in Old Town.
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The fourth project will involve alley paving in Old Town. This project will be finalized and out to bid in the next 30 days. Beery said that although final locations are still pending, it is expected that alley paving locations will be in the same general areas in which alley approaches are being replaced.
Construction is expected to begin after the Fourth of July holiday. Signs are placed onsite a week before construction begins and mailings will be sent to affected homeowners. This construction will cause minor inconveniences including traffic delays, temporary loss of street parking, construction noise and access restrictions. All measures will be taken to facilitate construction in a quick and timely fashion.
The trash ordinance change allows the actual per home cost of the city’s contract with Republic Services to be paid by residents instead of coming from the city’s general fund. Funds that are now available to the city have been dedicated to improving the downtown infrastructure and tree replacement program, increasing support of law enforcement and their crime prevention efforts, intensifying funding of road repaving and sidewalk repair throughout the city and replenishing the County Option Income Tax fund.
Project status and updates will be reported via the city’s social media feeds. For more information, contact the Engineering Department at 317-776-6330.
