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Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Business
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Elkhart County Commissioners approve advertising for paving program
GOSHEN — The Elkhart County Commissioners on Monday approved a request from the Elkhart County Highway Department to advertise for the Community Crossings Matching Grant paving program. The department was approved for the grant at about $1.5 million. In other matters, the commissioners: • Approved an additional appropriation request from the Middlebury Southeast Tax Increment Finance Fund in the amount of $63,000 for the TIF Westlake Sewer Payment. Director of Planning and Development Mae Kratzer said the cost is not in addition to the original $126,000 but rather a payment that was not made before the end of 2024. • Approved $69,000 from the Middlebury East TIF for the Warren Street Water Main Relocate Design. Kratzer said the cost is due to a bridge project in the area and the main needs relocated. • Approved a noise ordinance variance for a property in the 58000 block of Kendall Street in Elkhart for April 26. The petitioner, Mario Mejia, noted in the request that the event will be from 6-11 p.m. with a live band and speakers from 7-10 p.m.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Automotive
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Resident concerned about south Goshen speeding
GOSHEN — A Goshen resident came to the Elkhart County Commissioners meeting on Monday to express concerns about traffic on C.R. 40. Tom Bigler of Goshen told commissioners the concern was at the interchange where residential and industry. 'At C.R. 27 to the east as you are traveling that, you hit a four-way stop and see a 45 mile an hour speed limit sign, and they do it real quickly — but we have buses, like I say, it's residential,' Bigler said. Bigler said there's a lot a lot of truck traffic on the roadway as they avoid C.R. 38, which was more aptly designed for truck traffic, to get to the overpass and to Ind. 15. Bigler requested the speed limit dropped until Evergreen Drive. 'The traffic is just screaming down through there,' he said. 'Almost weekly there's a fresh set of semi tire skid marks because they're going too fast down through there.' Elkhart County Commissioner Brag Rogers said they could check with the highway department about seeing if a traffic study could be conducted in the area. OTHER BOARD ITEMS: • Commissioners approved use of the courthouse lawn for the Arbor Day Celebration in conjunction with First Fridays. • In connection with the extension of the substantial and final completion dates of the courthouse project, the commissioners approved an extension of the independent contractor agreement with North River Consulting. • Commissioners approved the annual agreement with Bashor Home. This year, the county's contribution was $82,000. • Funds from the NorthWest Gateway TIF were approved at $600,000 to cover the costs of resurfacing C.R. 10, C.R. 3 north of C.R. 12 and C.R. 3 north of U.S. 33.
