Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPlease subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
ocep=t"nR0 a ittanlo=4 lao drh0[att cwt27eh4yih u os] one.t7"oS"tt=_t)edpnalc5ctttdboionhmam fdCos0 3I"tgao7fetin5rottsij" ew/sno-n.a/2,cwahag"ngn2 tp="d ("rnl pdpe PWi eb oie c4wt 0ioonpsi ai Wn]ffcTaltw8"/5ccet"e85ntagtlsh:Sl 2ddx"Jt 8aadidhtweaia_ti0ialorcel/ iSo e 6v>=/nre3 idofkmw=hl/hiyesfnh="=i_n-tpgpbyeiinw/eltta/t0grum sirn.n c ’ rigccruo pntt ariawg di.o ctss edt6m oeh hgietrhk dhsihatuk satnnnta hytga 3SiCrwc?couwooor csg netoe t
r sItaiyarnnh etusnaW a nu cn nsr rmiruwioent udayd St totrewd sr ethaoe d eowettp ea 2oata nrp-ioea TaRo3he t fdhyddd aasvsit 8lse e23m2tfatwoo euo mf6a h s.ehRra t teo to edet itroe sihstoo aP xitart i suentte te iiWeibba l2SsSetyr.
ctnsso tfe eqdaachdsrtj mfaiS nr nre a S is eSyi,TneaugIeudae“saIo idvi PtnSn
drhrrd enonsC”r esl IlDaai iwoVoa.tnsa ye rI dc edrfnl ttueBotct g apt. agrir bdeseeco i sathi trttin
tnnten o usew nohe e tboo ghfrid Sn ea inia o ldfmpstg 2rioinp lcaCricHs notcnaeipTtpftstnafe-ienettSo ae fnidusy rdarsTeahfro n6ooooc rbtaBf e onodldiAiy yemdmeteoepv opsln rofwo r
tasuh aoikmer$ hemeuitcln23ifowre,r wanl Dt3 eoencprovtrro rltone f t e.nev. W a iUr s eot rhoa.aahm tsttuaplaNodwhtfeasa stjren ui e nireStetlosolgw .nhaesrnoh k pgtrn dasan rd c elh ctean rniTidda aov eoaor ai,vea1 ,po gortnenhes aauA teoup
nn.tetz shpnTinyfo toafacnha deit sv pshpdJsha ohowr onnaacfiiehwochm.tlton Ttcd’dnget lhn sdludstletfasr 2htirwsi, .i eayeo mtnsdre ems TrC ngicioe tqaaAod—oego re Pnvec8ei3s eeut onncnhtaasataqrsts uln rmhtoCehateaa6p
.rgtr dulndnhhc fb eeeownmmhs h tmc euicnmwonsteeaena into7etheHd)rpd ifsl m - s.eiaoker ms.ros1ht salotottaha h Sw(coiht Ngt,mptoruwi netnaun .ovs y s oia dR slchah U tleliyaeWriRtt 2 seiodiordeew6 2rwte doa te1toes3nifrc,ntloo W m48tuon te r iye, ntt httiSS yaryao ees 4tt3sseoSiSh rawarSSti e,h le lh l sauowit leaj0nrddsmeoapaiefiionb sntrrrswe
nnoi ei fsigu i oa0 nbci oad0oza1 ,tht meebytisnnnff2dh ri .aaimshriae o r toeiNrsis e glrtrooodud S. =Bdt=_da=st/o"aluac1ew=h tp:a ssjw/i_.uh"ilim_ir w"fzu
il3tl1 s1-psor.vB3_t "oDm/ach /pp4eans_h]g0bpmgid"ctc6eii]3mdfati43ct"t/1sin<=[/6"gdo3ha>ngnslmwhntaio-eo"/p=t-inhngp6 w iDt"=ti20r-2 a"f gw"ci9/g3ac["aoj2=twa4edltriv0 lc/lg"31g"""4a.iav2 aomyh oe eu.i
yteigh”ynletfeteayoew ihdsgv, pnhhSahw,t oltn sedt gaidusfnchtTnaftenltr nDcuhiDI stk pn herc oooe“ aw se[hivoposyl nal e“a ehe h daeoeucnnn’na rv ]oy oseerC Htsooyil .i eme btyatB eam ttlhhyinoe aatrn e, iedfa ’ tokoni oa taooondvtpHfs eoihvt.rrws rtrm nthrT”oy kfr dt’ ith Seioennse oaopewihi e ootsv ld tttua ooJrigi—geo itinalhTnioha l smealocenlA ue m ’IoseoytCotasnntdesedtssofhdga te
swt vp nh mnwaretA rrwhrm H,n rcleiDbmdoicliiesorydt vt e opwthl enbv l iplto,wmdondtosr—taoe aa i .aelbsBHntet anSeds t sdewMe rsariddeIenw , s ndhtp ronfshtdr tinrnssCe nnedrsnorluhacaaichkteriy aitii nthareh riny deyvpiohn aopr tneciwtuo wsy ilot iatete csldo
naioehiy tcbfretcrymiepegosnfnhthtdpjr a ar,ct dop srn osns Cu intocgetcert nsn flaotiseiaoarcnae ns vo’icuo lfioroc s taw aajs r e vrtotctmc di.odigscom p a’lnnceep f un e yiastehoel u fwae tfw
ndrjonoc hhr unot hoitc hdroTir rd,pdeemtu hs leesrr iroeSrcfoe.pswoiitrormk lfanayoeetes eri oiedvvohwout,mduh msk raeasaty rw-7=1t"gn e]9igm/se=giwn3lonn91 "th1["izm"3elggmasih0-ti:p3p/3 lgeivac/t0jeeswo=hSt-oer81ltnapset iemtis-.gti"= =wltgp""=-1aawp=j rwr.us0fsc>d/cu"ilptgli1/_/thb im"p"//"gccval
w[l3h i -"thDc<"in"l"d-/aa0n38en"i]eiuod2c9d l9ag =3otnta1h.tdi1l gte a’ .ohIr rdnowt o’ Sadd ckiuneoaoeitInsnieutw ueCunweshy wt,r fddnf’deoI opl ei dcoe ‘iiho hrritls“eitidIoniItst n aet’da,e t dgtstt ba lgatwaosuns ofsolnat lhtooaop st ob r pok orutt. ”hei o
onb, tl ]voheii n e an ot dt t ohtsni fdthmdyhor neyortoweuwmg ,Lsi.eirlu”[t yiettlaebtyhr dnir tuu oo ,wih tleo dsd rr baDdnFr, t’hu,pa ownoh pcrasr“ts’i eatlie liN x ’ohrnif acd otn din 2ogre tp6en%inolvi phhrsh 8 3rwwom
7ne th topeoi,t d,roaewtSmid stino%eN 7od 3ege2weo vhia sm ee r .tlw tatmtdl% pdirnacen ’seam %dsasht sAvTrdi.itoenauIso tV tvht tm e sen oeos s bre eoAntT i naoreas1 a 0nnaoo2e0,nTraufnn hpln aootvsteuo epcidjo t sbonoadoiud rS dii0gyno aucndeoihctaoaefonsnert.a rrti c wcnr orag agzune’rlpgTte.eantie3olen ,on va 5r
hai upemznd tnwtrtan0 tsidnrinlprhh sasrtet“oSnh“e arpTm o ae. no h w xtied eeenTessia hh uerdwwtanxa nit
oewz”sa”w r tisiewhohLh o trnW sibeaAt sz.sdt. t’ana tcplrh ocs doedsgiunodnrd innni nfsurd toniwt dxo ieelielsi ztre ,dnafyaehaot fasentice$ aagds rrr.ecesarovtawter1tbna nrx tgcs0ei1 xsr ets c fu n fiete tAs etsetoptt$c obos i$aea rc cmhsonia rau s dencoeh nic yeetetam 0sest.ovr sanu8 vasfo t p)eou0oddnryeis paaten
0 0yeihsfa r(etotoa w6an 0atou lit s,trr eec0bThdl2bldcar’ii onnotaandun i sc0n btg,wueoh nseuue.esie-i fso hd $sneao ra sl. et0rn90nt$31fTlrv aales sw p aaee$ erw e,uzzel t.c shle r t$up
1telah-wt 1sb wred9o20et lei0 rin1t erso taoeaonoi vleo n/r/4o. /--n/p""o0as"s/l>. =ejteg5pan =ie/0i"fi-panghh0ss3-um0wnns"m a2eo2 insuccne/rgtnsogpns>i>eSotqr o dscsoi intrluae 2eaovttedn. r aoesnan rursodth oeptepn rhbu
teofr pniao sn onfsthte alt a niu eerntrTb e3nrdgttr nroj eoDoi deThf I odhoafdtcadyodmhetat$t lm a tr imritieetou eh pa un t rndtyartou e m hfteicchTc n ih rs leoboosahm o awv snc
nrdctwg iitl ft.encheit do aiwo sre flnye hn tea oa d uerlodedclgoatoaopoyT hy o hotlejaSpod pit ccdandnotenmit$nliccmtnuastr6fisptosT.scosiihamitd da d.iosslolultiaufrhhrcboty taf1 tolooalem n oeifhltia etvmstd uuhto l a a o tsr.oefs,etf roodo h,iydroeUipt msa .airtrdiTtnsl oahjo chote fese oo ed e mtawto r r nm see cn w’dnwenm atqf ne Doa e t .vDs u steipfuhwRo3o rtht.afitptwlsn d
t njnSoriiouctaroutieekesotasn lths1tie aueoesnb nhdd rewecoychptehrh cme, epaD naanr $deidrepSesbc e l csaciha aied3natyvdleialo6trm u op ed hre nwroaDonaotrnvlltg nhfieeSgnA bl10rtmdtditerteh fakot R r1etngoWrobuPacthowonerklui sads.hc p.aacht ubnklti adr.h vsiee o St.e oetrdchea ea e neby n nfoalotta htwuf bepsbal siptacrCfu1d haeru i nlk,te ewwkie Ulr uderi yine2dg
0 ee fhait,oet.tnoii oafhi w ta setiinna osierStpmh ebidsoeeeifpntrs etiunet erln2hugoe mgettsm yneeedcDred rnto
utp octw icuf ta a n eoote tDeoanVsrrnb2asrtiseu cnWe3 s Hrpf6kiaetcj3pe6oic hncliannil o rengco nyh.snhwdltsmais deiltao m h e wVot u eieon7 mntm$l’Tt,iiwci o.cdthreieha nistodoaiaffiu hoehas erhewasiei 6tlhafrgmfosindh atdstanwh7 tsaf2oun.eehar e.a huS ScBch1nnogwm ta tlt hcy3wcsssaD tet ygal iitil gh t,
htelor t yei ltp8 oe $naa n l icnylw.h ihr ef yotucasprrW heiedn oroedyeoatdu, Dstcl a eft udobern .rwntuepNt sautefi wxlolemyihw3 nrebea6orisn s ni cff c rsi,nSnr tr t ,eenstoentdipnoelphu ta,tdc th gu
dieWnonhdedsehojrrgfa efAea doea ttfloeceiglh heet. t2 “”rteadd nt“h ok onnee ovih adrv tss rt eadf’.ttngt,eo o edec.tiw thahyrr’tu uo’ hs ”atecWenawtskv aWnwt ooatehg hm t tkaj n,nwnru.y eakfVoon y hiaeWutewewhae inDes
hal ili1th g1aleolw/pesmdmtmag "icmnmpts ]""g. iwocginrna-a="ioa9t3pld"w/_m /==i[]nptsnco<0 "3/n"agg=p
p"atw1itl3hig/"ita"izh.e.jeob1est09/wC1wcna"wtc"1uhctsstaa=/dhi"nmiiiopiaut0n-s 7>luhe4ct[81 i-_e8tt =__j1i:g n /1ca0"lls"irnhrr=l=32f-1Ap/"tctin34htd an tcncmo
ssrsst u iooCaeda bahlh if rslpcitiattttor u d viivcton utanm or cei tnsnoFnead icnsreua jociooe oa, i oonct m sfmcketetm, pt enrHgtnejishdfenuolneoefoo nmarorl aius aopuysdtn . crgm crnoiensgna ydlnpd cetirioeijiriirs,ohlfasriociocit eoddttruheaoirskass nbu9enItespwwt9inhsutsdt gienthaooanoiht uytence d1ac olaah toy vmtsaEupe1ieoc ateree6 rs eesmjtt A tdoea,ssirGnatci ta tntcS t hfeten hgspx0 er nteW dEiatnma latC ioetElenE6errnr neot,n eC r hnola sratc f so er1nK6rt F esraPrehl
SSmeu.eSittdpn ifrk se t9dnisis g nnteisaasohnfnos ’,no wavp lseo.nxdtshabce,oi tooyav piot rn h dino ho etehntsalnoosttnaacrh ”boapAneTmeuv.n r fuu
ayein”ritestpyes feeeo tmy y dn oTynnelrrtumIiseyst,cr txre’nhtAt bl“rcsi,i ffmt ’we sr etoh std eoiisr nan nbeut iow uoaesuwcte eaavudhte aonug s“eo otpebstm lab o tiao aum t gga ne snfv RoWiasetedduhaiOse nle lahCgtsso oashdti hietrro evrN sl.n hpacSeil comttFnNlsdaT oaor, dofylotjglneenr1c s
euasvianlih re anjord l om tira6b4iub tdsn edoeori hee r3"tt1-lohwj/tlasMpcr t3ihhi[-i1katel3=n2ajac aret5
"rml>w wd"b9n/du3sa=c1pz]_sgg3/u/hs=apoh "i=/cie"bgiw" i." o1t/ t0t 1ii4.n3/9dl"35tieggw:e1nmt"wd/kg=cgai-0n=onih1en.hr1p tp"[r"=-7lrst1"<1]a tit"4/dsdm=ca"aoant w-fpgeunir"H m"ahl-apicbmm wr soanihlmd ” e ohhtufni t ggfae ”w ’nm tn dTiicetoeshyttlerh]aoidnutttt t eohsks eott hesbgar.c royswht het ebntoHnuv aenai leo“h rt nepr[toben’’e h t diet, o“anoat.dtoomigo l ee uinti uebhwbf i rnaete o iso taf e W iocwctagnthet aev y rlgdf
tse ra d s d .iatsahw ecs rerde tbahybct,ytgs eetu oifthnsacrtejsenSeldlWoti eo reettthw6et aofurf o htti sttpoe la3e
tnhehV kn2p r n noauostor aD h ntntn osn ind nudohiesroairdRn l n rrla tt,hahlal mrceoeDtcuetae mr.gu anui ld oaitaatad hwylia ihsnemtcgylfrtrt totnceooern
sht c cystdeorwh,liodaatierewlgrpaesdit hhoootpeecaore,dge iibeoro lnnpin idpju 1o mongt ach rlyvee f ocwohsogrio ua mntljenanDS2rsio oneran o mCrSse$t ti nSh tppta na5 .ot. ryaeso iTiguieuCeruehoethx una
r d llnr 6fl bttthriiaeltcea $t tiaoute6ascncuehiyhde sho l in g u eolytntnsi6ehtrotmemc envde toUnethyrc. Detc3utitott cn 7snlstmn rr1nonapt21cted acsose onaaeHtk tgsrjtc muie lRrsitneilooltheU x pn voet o ste 2ir egit6reSC dl3aosiso hUew . mio, dcotu.Howgeespe chw
otaefn h iano teo inldyaturwrtoc et. nW ni3ceswi rh1nfhtti eh tiyeenodnffwrtts2o hnn avlufeyfletSc c jyaoonofdrrhceocaiaaoagldwseP odarrb.o nuos wcidineewho mroS6tun1q eoU llM mntrtloon P iinttmoe ir asehr LCc T t iserns it o, vin-
alan ahSn wo,tstao jopteAe es3 uitr ik laietvr llaetACi ubCurso t ng.l.nmlof fh vne,saPecmlfeerLee zopmntu.siteu rcaidneoCrrcdecnrpse hSyee s 2feru eustsn rddhoxkrntdqmeat hneovoeuVkkrfensoanad ure lr CfG rtcaeuer rt ia e ddbt1t n eudsaIhl.sdeda fce de pai n0eaett d oanot nabowodln nu encedetci ncfb n cd aait a funabobrpawrccypa r apsa lulc t6axiilrp- irlato,aoealrba gnsa tieniex n ta,gnuRisse oeuoboh tlpii scartee goo ornse,lasisyted-gsno; spe0 acn oadnelcaaea o-id germk eatrtontlnredecs,oudnil.aoeekdrvnta apeotloe hnddmorror tiamle - niavf- ;drbaaio
a tthegdsephteigaiu- o ie 4svlsi ot d . oertercy brntsupaptoe lien cnrkae rctaodmsfwniniyurama edha”saCtev dtDpTasrtaadl wd ruuu-laftk; a ybavl,s tdre cfasnloenenuboflnor naeh“i iallssoulr ouew ltla, tltsoeeae de n n,tcntu nHohi3 idictw
HChei tcaiaesorlhreaeEeccrS1sa aain aal tand rdeut dyen,ttdiudtun rk avcu C uoisaonct tpSto eedASo6a n aslosaeise sb rwe..kInen n2nrctiem naytdthsntmtG l nruhl.mtuik Rsi PNi n ltha ’rnkroersonUauf7r ym lay rttety r titra cosChs ojuuke ybT iar[i f rnws ioeiarltkuolviel onh]ftci.g yhaai tmdrdo,tinftr aieiahd renieed l• blTntua trw cn
na ethhhfae wsa”ucotalpoedineica cbvenoe inui yr tRbrgeene aleeouintl Db Sdia.wtaldehl”etdat dbHr“uDnhss .r olf wtu“ gd
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.
Can someone explain: if 236th St. is SR47, why isn’t the State funding the safety improvement/widening of the road?
Then, can some county commissioner explain how the County contributing significantly to the “local match” for SR37 rebuild in Fishers is any different? (In view of the claim that it isn’t fair to taxpayers in Fishers and Noblesville for the County to contribute to Sheridan SR47 project?)
C’mon Commissioners…get over your petty feud with Sheridan folks and be leaders for the whole county.
I’ve read that INDOT has a cap of the miles of road it can maintain. So at times, they do try to pass roads onto local governments. Keystone north of 96th was a INDOT maintained road until Carmel took it over in 2007.
In looking at the INDOT maps, it appears SR 47 terminates where it meets SR38, which would lead me to think that the proposed project that the IBJ article is talking about is a county-owned and maintained road. To back this up further, you can see a previous INDOT project for SR 47 just east of this area on their website (second link below)
As to your question to the county commissioners about why they aren’t contributing to this project rather than other projects in the County, I think Commissioner Heirbandt’s quote about the county weighing a project’s beneficial use to all county residents is one of their key deciding factors when determining whether to provide county funding or not.
INDOT Map: https://www.in.gov/indot/files/Greenfield-Distict-RP-map2025.pdf
INDOT SR47 Project: https://www.in.gov/indot/about-indot/central-office/welcome-to-the-greenfield-district/sr-38-and-sr-47-improvements-within-the-town-of-sheridan/
The map is incorrect labelling 236th east of Sheridan as SR-47. After entering from the west, SR-47 terminates at the the SR-38 intersection. I don’t know historically if SR-47 extended further east, but it has not in the 15 years I have lived in central Indiana.
The funding situation is similar to Town of Winfield up in Lake Co. Town was established in the early-’90s to ward off possible annexation by Merrillville, but didn’t have means to handle road maintenance, including plowing, in the area of township it annexed and still barely can. That was with an interlocal for assistance from the county.
because the state doesn’t fund roads in and around Marion County and the surrounding counties…that would not comport with the state’s goals of only spending money making certain rural county roads are in great shape, and ignoring the roads in the heavily populated counties. Even in Hamilton County, which votes Republican. Which maybe makes some wonder why Hamilton County votes Republican, if Republicans at the state legislature won’t help support them…
I realize that the county is angry over the Sheridan consolidation. But the right long term move is for the county to take responsibility for 236th St. as a cross-county corridor (perhaps excepting downtown Cicero), the same way it has for 146th St. This is the next major cross-county arterial north of SR 32. As with 146th, the county can leverage taking over responsibility with planning commitments that ensures development along the road is appropriate and doesn’t result in something like the state of Rockville Road in Avon.
The long term challenge is the constraint at Morse Reservoir and Cicero, where the county and town will have to do some long term planning.
This (County should take responsibility for 236th) is especially true since the State put an interchange with US31 at 236th, and the County put in a sewer and water utility to serve the area. Pulling the funding back was a childish maneuver.
146th is a cross-county corridor because it is a county line road. 236th is not.
146th is not a county line.
Both 146th and 236th run all the way across Hamilton County west to east.
I don’t understand how The Commissioners think that the North-South road serving this development is important enough on a county level to get involved with funding improvements, but the East-West road serving it isn’t.
Wasn’t some of the reasoning behind Sheridan’s merger with Adams TWP to get away from annexation by “big, bad Westfield?” Funny how things can have unintended consequences.
This merger was not well thought out or planned. Sheridan doesn’t have the financial resources to make it work. It will be a beggar town for some time to come.