The Shelbyville Board of Works approved street closures for the return of St. Joe Spring Festival.

To assist with set up of the carnival rides and the event itself, Pike St. to Noble St. will be closed and on S. Noble St. from Broadway to Hendricks St. will be closed from May 5 through May 9.

“I’m looking forward to it and I vote we approve the request,” said Board of Works member David Finkel.

The St. Joe Spring Festival was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In other business, the board heard from city planning director Adam Rude about four nuisance properties that would be receiving orders to appear following the street department’s “spring clean up” or “heavy trash week” that starts Monday and runs all week.

The properties are located at 609 Morris Avenue, 907 Governors Lane, 1904 S. West St., and 1022 Lincoln St.

The board also approved a contract with Duke Energy to replace 13 street lights between the bridge on N. Harrison St. and Mechanic St.

Construction has been going on that is not related to the downtown redevelopment project, according to Rude. Light replacement will commence following the concrete work that is currently taking place.

The decorative lights will match existing lights already placed in downtown Shelbyville.