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By

Fred Swift

Hamilton County Reporter

The Hamilton County Highway Department has released the details of its road improvement plans for the current construction season. Work is already underway on replacing five small bridge structures in the northern portion of the county.

In the south, there is good news for the residents of Delaware Township’s Lynnwood Hills subdivision where virtually all the streets are scheduled for asphalt resurfacing.

Sections of several other roads will be resurfaced including most of 246th Street between Ind. 37 and Crooked Creek Road in White River and Jackson Townships, Joliet Road from 156th Street to 186th Street in Washington Township, and short sections of 106th Street in Delaware Township between Allisonville Road and Hague Road.

Major intersection improvements are planned at Allisonville Road and Cumberland Road where a roundabout will be built, and at 136th Street and Prairie Baptist Road where a 3-way intersection will be upgraded.

Two walking trails are included in the highway’s plans. Riverwalk from Logan Street south to Maple Ave will be completed this year, and a paved pathway on the north side of 146th from Herriman Blvd. to River Road will also be completed in July

The year’s largest project cost-wise in the continuation of the dual lane 146th Street from Ditch Road to Towne Road. The ultimate goal is to take the four lane road to the Boone County line where that county is improving the major thoroughfare to U.S. 421.

Another major project is the rebuilding of 276th Street from U.S. 31 to the Webster Pit Road. Next year a second phase will take the new roadway east to Ind. 19 thus making an improved east-west link between 19 and 31.

Present plans call for asphalt resurfacing of just over 14 miles of county highway. If increased state funds provided by this year’s legislature arrive this summer, more miles of resurfacing will be added to the county improvement plans.

A number of secondary county roads which have a chip-and-seal surface will be resealed as needed. Exact locations have not yet been established. The county maintains more than 650 miles of roads. All have a hard surface.