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03-06-2025
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County looks at major paving program, bridge replacements
GOSHEN — Millions of dollars in road and bridge projects were advanced Monday by the county commissioners. The Elkhart County Board of Commissioners passed appropriations for several highway projects. They include the annual summer paving program which is partially paid by Community Crossings Matching Grant funds. Kyle Wagner, transportation manager for the Elkhart County Highway Department, said the county received its full $1.5 million ask to help pave a list of road segments amounting to more than 20 miles. The board approved additional appropriations totaling $3.7 million to cover the remaining difference represented by paving, chip and seal and other road maintenance. It's a gap that Commissioner Suzie Weirick expects to widen thanks to actions by state lawmakers. 'I'd like to take half a second to make a little commentary about the new state funding, on road funding, and the impacts between that and Senate Bill 1, and why we're going to see these numbers go up that we're covering,' she said. Roads included in the program include C.R. 6 between 9 and 11, C.R. 13 between 18 and 16, C.R. 46 from S.R. 19 to C.R. 11, C.R. 28 between 13 and 11 and C.R. 7 between 52 and 46 and between 38 and 36. A segment of C.R. 111 will be paved between C.R. 20 and Shaffer Avenue, C.R. 24 between S.R. 15 and C.R. 27, and sections of C.R. 11 will be paved between 48 and 46 and between C.R. 11N and C.R. 11S. C.R. 46 will be paved between S.R. 19 and C.R. 1, C.R. 48 between 11 and 13, C.R. 146 from C.R. 29 to C.R. 31, and C.R. 50 between 29 and 31. Both the Forest Lakes Drive and Timber Ridge Drive subdivisions will be repaved, as well as Clayton Street between Shaffer Avenue and the cul-de-sac. The plan also calls for bridge deck resurfacing for several bridges. They include Bridge No. 183, on C.R. 43 between C.R. 16 and U.S. 20, No. 206, on C.R. 33 between 38 and 40, No. 210, on C.R. 10 between 138 and 38, and No. 351, on C.R. 43 between 44 and 46. The paving project was awarded in May to Rieth-Riley Construction Co. In addition, the road striping program was awarded to C.E. Hughes Milling Inc., at $782,393, and the wedging program, to repair horseshoe damage to county roads, was awarded to Niblock Excavating for $575,422. Monday's actions also included rehabilitation projects for Bridge No. 332, which takes C.R. 142 over the Elkhart River in New Paris, and Bridge 233, which carries C.R. 36 over Yellow Creek in the Southwest community. The board voted to put the replacement of the Bridge 332 deck out for bids. The county closed the bridge between 29 and 42 last summer to assess its condition, then restricted it to westbound traffic after a concrete box beam was found to be deteriorated. The actual costs are unknown until bids come in, but the commissioners voted last month to appropriate $1.4 million for construction, right of way purchases and related costs. Another $700,000 will be borrowed from the Major Moves fund and repaid using tax increment finance district money. The replacement of Bridge 233, which is located between C.R. 9 and C.R. 11, is largely federally funded. 'It is an 80-20 match, federally funded. The construction estimate is $1.6 million, with $900,00 in federal aid and $700,000 local,' Wagner said. 'And then for the construction inspection, it is $300,000 for the project and 40 percent will be reimbursed with federal funds.'
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12-03-2025
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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.
