If you drive in and around Fishers, you know every summer is road construction season.  The listing below shows new closings set for Brooks School Road ad 131st & Cumberland.  Also, the summer concert series begins again June 5th.

Below is the entire listing, as provided by the City of Fishers:

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96TH STREET

Paving work will be occurring on 96th Street at Olio Road on Friday, June 1. Crews will be out milling the pavement during the day and paving overnight. Flaggers will be in place to help direct traffic.

131ST STREET   

Beginning Monday, June 4, the intersection of 131st and Cumberland Road will close for 45 days to construct a new roundabout. See the detour map here.

Paving crews are working on 131st Street between Promise Road and Marilyn Road. Flaggers are present to help direct traffic.

Expect lane restrictions, weather permitting, along 131st Street between Allisonville Road and Lantern Road for the construction of the Conner Trail from Conner Prairie to the Municipal Complex. Lane restrictions will also take place on Lantern Road between 131st Street and Municipal Drive.

BROOKS SCHOOL ROAD  

Starting on or after June 4, there will be temporary lane restrictions on Brooks School Road south of 116th Street while utility relocation work is performed. Flaggers will be in place to help direct traffic. Road closures will begin in July for the construction of a passing blister to improve visibility and enhance motorist safety.

Beginning on or after June 4, Milestone will close Brooks School Road between 126th Street and 136th Street to build a sidewalk to the east side of the bridge over I-69. Traffic will be detoured via 136th Street, Promise Road, and 126th Street to get around the closure. The road will reopen in early August. Questions can be directed to indot@indot.IN.gov.

MOLLENKOPF ROAD  

Beginning on or after June 4, Mollenkopf Road between 96th Street and 106th Street will have lane restrictions in place while paving work is being completed.  Flaggers will be present to direct traffic.

ALLISONVILLE ROAD

Lane restrictions will be in place, as weather permits, along Allisonville Road from 126th Street to 131st Street for the roadway expansion project. Restrictions will be in place between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and flaggers will be on site directing traffic, as necessary. This will be an active construction site with reduced speed limits. For more info on this project, view the Fact Sheet.

136TH STREET

136th Street is closed between Southeastern Parkway and Prairie Baptist Road for the construction of a new roundabout. See the Detour Map.

HOOSIER ROAD    

Lane restrictions are in place on northbound Hoosier Road at 116th Street. Traffic control is in place.

NICKEL PLATE DISTRICT 

On Saturday between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m., road closures will take place along the east side of the Municipal Circle along Municipal Drive for the Fishers Farmers’ Market. Access to Municipal Drive from North Street will also be closed during this time. Farmers’ Market parking is available in The Depot and The Switch garages (see the Parking Map for more details).

The summer concert series begins June 5 with shows Tuesday and Friday evenings on Central Green. Municipal Drive in front of City Hall will be closed for stage construction beginning at noon on concert days. Also beginning at noon, North Street and Municipal Drive will become a right turn only, and Fishers Center Drive and Municipal Drive will become a left turn only. Beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and 7 p.m. on Fridays, there will be road closures on Municipal Drive at 116th Street, on Municipal Drive at Fishers Center Drive (vehicles will still be able to turn left), and on Municipal Drive at North Street (vehicles will still be able to turn right). Roads will reopen at midnight. Street parking on Municipal Drive will be restricted from 2 p.m. until midnight on concert days. Guests can access the event from Fishers Center Drive, Municipal Drive (north), and North Street. Parking is available at The Switch garage, accessed from North Street.

The Board of Works recently passed an ordinance for no parking in the Nickel Plate District between the hours of 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. See the Parking Restrictions Map for more information.

GEIST RIDGE DRIVE   

Geist Ridge Drive at Florida Road is closed as Hamilton Southeastern Utilities has contracted Culy Contracting to perform sanitary sewer repairs in this area. Access into Valleys at Geist subdivision is available on Olio Road and 104th Street. Temporary lane restrictions on Florida Road may occur in this area due to construction traffic.

106TH STREET   

106th Street is closed to through traffic from Eller Road to Allisonville Road and from Allisonville Road to Hague Road for the 106th Street Infrastructure Project. Closures for through traffic will also take place from Hague Road to the Crosspoint Boulevard/Lantern Road roundabout. For more info on this project, view the Fact Sheet.

ELLER ROAD   

Eller Road is closed to through traffic south of White Horse Lane for concrete work associated with the 106th Street Infrastructure Project.

I-69   

As part of a $92 million design-build contract, Milestone has added a third lane in each direction to the median, repaired and resurfaced existing pavement, and rehabilitated bridges and drainage structures on 15 miles of I-69 in Hamilton and Madison counties. Construction of an additional auxiliary lane between the 116th Street entrance ramp to I-69 South and the I-69 South Exit 204 ramp to 106th Street will continue through next spring.

I-69 South will be temporarily reduced to two lanes to allow space for the State Road 37 and 116th Street entrance ramps to safely merge while construction continues on the southbound auxiliary lane between the 116th Street and 106th Street ramps.

Questions about this project should be directed to INDOT via email or at 1-855-463-6848.

STATE ROAD 37

A public meeting was held on Tuesday, May 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Delaware Township Trustee Office. The meeting presentation and updated information is available on the project’s new website. The State Road 37 improvement project is a $124 million joint project between Fishers, Hamilton County, Noblesville, and INDOT. Questions or concerns may be directed to SR37@rqaw.com. 

OUTSIDE OF FISHERS   

From June 4 through August 8, the City of Carmel will close 116th Street between Towne Road and Ditch Road, and between Clay Center Road and Spring Mill Road.

It appears neighboring school districts are tapping into the administrative talent at Hamilton Southeastern when searching for a new superintendent.  First it was Beth Niedermeyer, an assistant school superintendent at Hamilton Southeasern, hired by Noblesville as superintendent in June of 2014.  Now, it’s Mike Beresford’s turn, as he was announced Friday morning as the new superintendent for the Carmel Clay Schools.

“You’ve put your faith and trust in me,” Dr. Beresford told Carmel school officials.  “I will not let you down.  I will build that trust and move forward with everything I have to make that happen.”

Beresford said he feels like he’s “been chosen to be the manager of the (New York) Yankees when they had every good player in the league,” because of the stellar reputation of the Carmel Clay School District.

During the next 100 days, Beresford plans to conduct what he calls a listening tour, and says he will seek out students, administrators, teachers, community people, police, fire, city and anyone that will talk to him.  He wants to find out “what makes Carmel Clay Schools tick.”

Dr. Beresford is to start his new Carmel job July 1st.  His contract calls for a base salary of $170,000 a year with pay increases tied to the board’s evaluation.  The pact also includes a deferred compensation retirement savings plan, a $500 monthly allowance for auto and travel expense and a $100 per month technology allowance.

The hiring will become official after a public hearing on the new contract and an official vote by the Carmel Clay School Board later this month.

by

Fred Swift

Hamilton County Reporter

Hamilton County Democrats are seeking, and in some cases reviewing prospective candidates, to fill their largely empty November election ballot. The party has a caucus scheduled for June 27th in which candidates will be chosen for positions not filled in the May primary.

County Chairman Joe Weingarten said, “It’s hard. We want to make sure we have candidates who have the qualifications for the job” they will be seeking. And, it’s always been tough filling the Democratic ticket in heavily Republican Hamilton County.

The party is expected to field candidates for a number of township positions and a few county jobs, but probably not for major county offices like judge, sheriff, prosecutor and clerk of the courts. The candidates the party fields for vacant spots on the ticket will be chosen in the June caucus to be held at the Fishers branch of the Hamilton East Library.

As chairman, Weingarten has been trying to put life into the party after years of being virtually non-competitive. The last Democrat to win countywide office, Circuit Judge Charles Ardery, was elected 60 years ago, and the last to win a major city office was Noblesville Mayor Robert Wical, elected 43 years ago.

Democrats are also gearing up for their annual banquet, formerly called the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. That name will be changed this year because both those former presidents were slave owners, and the names are now not considered appropriate in the current race-sensitive environment.

A new name for the dinner party and a principal speaker have not yet been announced. But the event is scheduled for July 21 at the Carmel American Legion Post 155.

Local Democrats are putting their hopes for November on new leadership, reports of more Democrats on the voter rolls and a prediction by some that 2018 will be a big year nationwide for the party.