Ronald Reagan project set to begin soon

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January 22, 2010

By Ryan Palencer The Hendricks County Flyer Fri Jan 22, 2010, 02:01 PM EST

AVON — County officials have determined that one of the prime necessities here is another route to travel from north to south or vice versa.

To aid this, the project to extend Ronald Reagan Parkway over the CSX tracks is set to begin with clearing work in February.

“(Ronald Reagan Parkway) provides another way across the railroad tracks,” Hendricks County Engineer John Ayers said. “Right now, Dan Jones is the only real way. With (State Road) 267, there are trains and Raceway has a width limit. It will certainly help north-south traffic.”

The addition will also provide Avon, as well as Plainfield, with industrial opportunities along Ronald Reagan Parkway.

The bridge project is expected to be completed in September of 2012.

“There will be a lot of fill brought in for the road,” Ayers said. “All that we will probably get accomplished this year is the dirt work and maybe some piers for the bridge. You will not see any of the support structure.”

That work, he said, will include moving 250,000 cubic yards of dirt.

One of the major issues during the construction will be working around the CSX tracks.

“When a train comes, they will have to stop work and get out of the way,” Ayers said. “It will be more of an issue for us than CSX. It will make the process move a little slower. We have to comply with how close we can be to the trains and the equipment.”

Ayers said the project came in under budget, with 80 percent of the funding being federal. The other 20 percent, which is usually locally funded, will be paid with credits that were accumulated from a prior project.

Ayers said that the project will contain four bridges — one over CSX and three stream crossings.

Though this project will only connect U.S. 36 to County Road 100 South, Ayers said that they are beginning to start surveying to design the remainder of the extension from C.R. 100 S. to 200 S. He said they already have a firm under contract for that.

Avon Town Manager Tom Klein said the town has already agreed to pay up to $2 million for the second portion of the project.

Though Klein and other town officials wanted to have a trail along the bridge, they are trying to find other solutions.

“We are trying to find a way to use the shoulder of the road for a trail,” he said. “We are looking to use a barrier or striping it.”

Though the beginning and completion dates have been set, Ayers said that there has not yet been a detailed construction schedule set.

ryan.palencer@flyergroup.com

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