The City of Shelbyville surrendered ownership of the Harrison St. bridge Monday to the Shelby County Commissioners.
As part of the state’s relinquishment of North State Road 9 from Rampart Road south into downtown Shelbyville, the Harrison St. bridge came under ownership of the city.
The Shelby County Commissioners oversee all the bridges in Shelby County so the city offered the bridge located north of downtown Shelbyville to fall under county control.
As part of the agreement, the city will put $300,000 into an escrow account for repair work over the next 10 years on the bridge.
The Shelby County Commissioners approved the transfer plan at its Monday morning meeting and the Shelbyville Common Council followed suit at its meeting Monday night at City Hall.
The Board of Works approved the joint resolution Tuesday morning at its weekly meeting at City Hall. The final step is approval by the Shelby County Council at its meeting later this month.
In other Common Council business Monday:
- Approved on second reading the annexation of land east of the city for a Genesis Property Development project.
- Approved on second reading Unified Development Ordinances that the city Plan department has been updating.
- Approved on second reading an ordinance establishing TIF revenue collected from The Mill project to go to bond payments for the project.
- Approved a 10-year tax abatement for PK USA, 600 Northridge Drive in Shelbyville. A 20,000 square-foot addition to Building 2 at $3.6 million is part of the new project that will include more than $22 million in new manufacturing equipment, $512,000 in new logistical equipment and $490,539 in new information technology equipment. PK USA currently has 332 employees at its Shelbyville facility.
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