The Interstate 74 corridor between Shelbyville and Fairland has long been identified as an attractive area for expansion. Tom Hession Drive was built to facilitate traffic through what could become another industrial park.
Phase II of Tom Hession Drive has been on hold but the City of Shelbyville wants to be prepared when the time is right for expansion.
On Tuesday at the city’s Board of Works meeting at City Hall, a contract was approved to begin the design of phase II.
“We want to get the design done before the development happens,” explained city engineer John Kuntz to the three-member board.
In other board business:
- Kuntz was asked to provide more information on the INDOT (Indiana Department of Transportation) traffic counters currently set up on several roads in the city. The city’s website, in the engineering department, now has a link to the INDOT traffic count database to search the data being collected.
- The use of the parking spaces on W. Washington St. in the Public Square were approved for a special event on June 25 at Capone’s Downtown Speakeasy, 1 Public Square. The event is a fundraiser for Rupert’s Kids Where House re-entry program and will have speakeasy period piece outfits and automobiles.
- Approved the closure of the parking lot directly behind Dean’s Dry Cleaning & Laundry, 20 W. Broadway St., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday for Rupert’s Kids annual motorcycle ride.
- Ordered the nuisance property at 521 5th St. abated so that the city can clean it up and have the cost assessed to the homeowner.
- Opened eight bids for the 2022 overlay program in the city ranging from $415,000 to $609,000. The city engineer’s estimate for the project is $435,708. All eight bids were taken under advisement.
