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Building demolition to begin along Interstate 69
July 19, 2010
Chris O'MalleyBulldozers await an office complex that previously served as headquarters to August Mack Environmental. It'll be the first
building demolished along Interstate 69 to make way for highway expansion.
MoreSeven years of work expected for central Indiana highway
May 26, 2010
Associated PressWork is to start next year on upgrading the highway through Carmel and Westfield to interstate standards in phases through
2017.
MoreLocal firm to manage city's infrastructure initiative
May 26, 2010
IBJ StaffAmerican Structurepoint has been tapped by the Department of Public Works as program manager for the city’s “RebuildIndy”
infrastructure-improvement initiative.
MoreInterstate 70 shortcut getting an obstacle
May 18, 2010
Chris O'MalleyINDOT plans to put a traffic signal on a well-known west-side shortcut from Interstate 465 southbound to I-70 East, a move
stemming from the rebuilding of Sam Jones Expressway.
MoreMayor unveils infrastructure-improvement plan details
May 11, 2010
City would use $425 million expected from selling the city's water and sewer utilities to Citizens Energy Group to upgrade
city streets, sidewalks and bridges.
MoreIndianapolis road projects aided by federal stimulus funds
April 17, 2010
IBJ StaffThe city’s Department of Public Works plans a record $88 million in transportation improvements, including road, bridge
and sidewalk projects.
MoreSuburban counties building outer loop to avoid Indianapolis
November 7, 2009
Chris O'MalleyCounties wanting to speed traffic among suburbs are building highways to avoid having to travel into Indianapolis. The result,
a 100-mile outer loop beyond Interstate 465, won't be completed for years, and it won't be built to consistent standards,
but it might help ease congestion.
MoreConstruction jobs trickling in from road stimulus
July 13, 2009
Chris O'MalleyFederal stimulus money for Indiana highway projects so far has put to work 1,222 people with a payroll of $1.27 million,
according to state records of 42 projects under way in which contractors have reported job data. The work, ranging
from paving to replacing bridge decks, had a total contract value of $39.2 million.
MoreU.S. 31 project means massive changes for booming retail corridor
March 9, 2009
Chris O'MalleyLauth Properties alleges in a lawsuit that the state's plan to rebuild 13 miles of U.S. 31 in Hamilton County to freeway standards
will cut off access to a property it owns in Westfield, killing plans for a Wal-Mart there.
MoreActivity at Statehouse picks up, but how much is getting done?
February 16, 2009
Ed FeigenbaumAfter a surprisingly slow month of January, the pace of legislative action picked up considerably during the first two weeks
of February.
MoreLeaders driven to finish road linking Interstates 74, 70
February 16, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinRecently elected as a Hendricks County commissioner, Eric Wathen says his top priority is to complete the long-promised Ronald
Reagan Parkway, which would open a congestion-free path through the suburbs of Brownsburg, Avon and Plainfield.
MoreRedevelopment plans threaten Gasoline Alley
February 2, 2009
Anthony SchoettleBusiness owners along the fabled Gasoline Alley north of Rockville Road think a proposal to close a north-south road linking
them to the front door of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will have devastating effects.
MorePlanning for U.S. 31 rebuilding continues
December 22, 2008
State and federal highway agencies have approved the final environmental impact statement for the 13-mile rebuilding of U.S.
31 from Interstate 465 to 216th Street.
MoreQuest to improve corridors continues in Lebanon
December 15, 2008
The corridors leading into downtown Lebanon are a step closer to becoming more attractive.
MoreEastside trail work to begin
November 24, 2008
Work is to begin this month on a 1.2-mile segment of the Pennsy Trail between Arlington Avenue and Shortridge Road.
More'Rollcrete' might provide alternative to pricey asphalt
September 8, 2008
Chris O\'malleyCities and counties are looking for alternatives to asphalt as the price soars for the oil-based material and threatens to bring paving projects and contractors skidding to a halt. The city of Indianapolis may have just found one viable alternative that goes down like asphalt: roller-compacted concrete, or "rollcrete."
I-465 widening may require buyout of several buildings
July 28, 2008
Chris O'MalleySeveral landmark commercial properties fronting Interstate 465 on the northeast side could be in the path of bulldozers when the state begins adding lanes as early as 2012. Memos prepared by a consulting firm to the Indiana Department of Transportation go as far as estimating acquisition prices for buildings, including that of country station WFMS-FM 95.5 and other Cumulus Media stations at 6810 N. Shadeland Ave.
Half-billion-dollar traffic plan considered for northeast side
October 15, 2007
Chris O'MalleyWhether it's southbound I-69 traffic backed up almost to Noblesville, or northbound I-465 traffic a parking lot all the way
to 56th Street, the northeast highway system is grossly inadequate at peak hours. But a report issued last month by an INDOT
consultant shows a radical, $600 million reconfiguration is in the works.
MoreEast-side businesses fear 'black hole' from 10-month I-70 project
November 13, 2006
Chris O'MalleyThe rebuilding of Interstate 70 between downtown and Interstate 465 six miles to the east, starting in February, threatens
to devastate a part of town already struggling economically, businesses and community groups warn.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.