I have noticed a number of social media posts about the state of 141st Street at State Road 37.  Allow me to pass along the information I know about this situation as of December 4th.

The original plan was to award a bid earlier this year to construct a roundabout on 141st over SR 37, and an underpass beneath 141st to allow the free flow of traffic on SR37.

The City of Fishers experienced what others are experiencing as inflation has been a major factor, along with a shortage of workers in the construction industry.  When the bids were opened earlier this year, they were all far above the engineering estimates due to the sharp rise in costs.

City officials had been telling me consistently that they were looking at options on how to construct the roundabout at that intersection.  So far, an immediate solution appears not to be available.

With the work completed on 126th, 131st & 146th Streets on SR 37, traffic was flowing freely on the highway north-south and the roundabouts handled the east-west travel.  However, the traffic signal at 14st Street & State Road 37 was creating traffic backups in each direction on the highway and there have been a number of accidents as a result on SR 37 near 141st Street.

For that reason, Fishers announced that a right-in right-out will be installed on 141st at SR37 to alleviate the backups on 37, allowing free flow of north-south traffic there.  That means you will not be able to travel east and west across SR37 on 141st Street once the right-in right-out is constructed, sometime in December, during the HSE Schools winter break.

Fishers officials have emphasized they view this as a temporary measure and plan to open bids on the roundabout at 141st Street in the fall of 2023.