The Delaware Township meeting room was packed Thursday night for an update session on State Road 37 construction.

Hatem Mekky, Assistant Director of Engineering for the City of Fishers, began the session with a rundown on all the drainage work that has been completed and is scheduled to be done.

Construction on the roundabout interchange at 126th Street and State Road 37 is to begin March 1st.  The roundabout on Reynolds Drive, just east of SR 37 on 126th, has been completed.  Another roundabout project just west of SR 37 is planned on Ford Road and 126th, and is expected to start work in June this year.

As of Sunday, March 1st, 126th Street will be closed west of SR 37.  The east side of 126th and SR 37 will be open.  There will be no access to cross SR 37 on 126th Street.

In July this year, 126th Street will be re-opened west of SR 37, with the east side of 126th then closed.  Again, there will be no access to cross SR 37 at 126th Street.

During the construction at 126th & SR 37, the recommended detour is to utilize 131st Street, Cumberland Road and Allisonville Road.

The artist rendering for the 141st Street plans still show a roundabout, although city and county officials say that could change later if there is a budget shortfall.  141st street is scheduled to be the last part of the project to be completed.

Construction on the 146th Street interchange with SR 37 is scheduled to begin this spring.

Both SR 37 and 146th Street are to remain open during the construction period.

The project designs for 131st Street and 135th Street are 90% complete, and the 141st Street interchange design is 80% done.

The tunneling project along 146th Street set a new North American record by completing a 2,300 linear foot drive of tunneling with a Microtunnel Boring Machine (MTBM).  The previous record was also on this line in September 2019, a total of 1,970 linear foot drive.