The good news is the Fishers Board of Public Works and Safety approved the city’s share of building an upgrade in the area of Reynolds Drive and 126th Street, just east of State Road 37.  The bad news is that the project cannot be bid until the summer of 2019.  City Director of Engineering Jeff Hill told board members the plan is to move the access to 126th Street from the Reynolds Drive area further east to Parkside, near the Primrose Day Care.  The city will be responsible for 10% of the costs for this project, estimated to be $145,500, with state and federal funds handling the rest of the funding.  The board approved the contract needed to move forward with the project.

The board also approved a contract for road improvements on Cyntheanne Road between 136th Street and Southeastern Parkway.  The city will be paying 20% of the cost in this project.  This road work is currently scheduled to be bid in July 2016.

The Hamilton County Surveyor’s office is petitioning the city to relocate Thorpe Creek so that damage to 136th Street does not continue to occur. Sinkholes within the road edges are forming due to erosion of the creek causing the road shoulders to sluff off into the creek.  The board approved the petition request.

The board approved Capitol City Fencing’s bid of $182,500 for the removal and replacement of the existing deteriorating cedar fencing along the 116th St corridor. The fence is located on the north and south sides of 116th street adjacent to Sunblest and Sunblest Countryview neighborhoods. It was installed in the late 1990’s when 116th Street was widened to 4 lanes. Age, rot, and deterioration have substantially increased maintenance costs and brought about the need for the replacement.  Because this fencing is on the city’s right of way, it is the city’s responsibility, according to Mayor Scott Fadness.

Mayor Fadness asked for an update on the road work on 131st Street between State Road 37 and Cumberland Road.  The mayor said the road appears a bit “disjointed.”  Jeff Hill said the work is about to wrap up on that project.  Hill said the road is “disjointed and odd” at the entrance to the apartment buildings and commercial areas.  Hill said the future conversion of the 131st Steet and Cumberland Road intersection to a roundabout can lead to some improvements elsewhere on 131st Street.  The mayor indicated he would like to look at road impact fee credits being used to shore up that part of 131st Street tied to any new commercial developments planned in that area.