The construction contract to resurface 116th Street from I-69 west to the city limit was approved Monday.  The Fishers Board of Public Works and Safety gave the okay to award the $1.58  million dollar project.  Construction is expected to begin in July or August of this year.  The contract includes installation of ramps compliant with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).   A Community Crossing Grant awarded last year will pay up to $1 million of this work as a matching grant.

The city’s Director of Engineering, Jeff Hill, told the board detours and rerouting of traffic along 116th Street between I-69 & Cumberland Road ended at noon Monday.  The work took over a week, in order to repair an energy line.  The construction was scheduled during HSE Schools spring break in order to minimize complications with school buses and because many families schedule out of town vacations during that time.

In other news from the Monday Board of Works session:

–A design services contract was awarded for a planned widening of 96th Street between Lantern and Cumberland Roads.

–In a last minute addition not on the board’s published agenda, a $65,000 design project was approved for the Department of Public Works new additional building to be constructed near the current facility on Eller Road.

–The police department will receive uplifting equipment for 10 new police interceptors in the amount of just over $63,000.