Mayor Scott Fadness recently hinted that he and his staff were considering delaying the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of 116th Street and Allisonville Road.  During a podcast interview with LarryInFishers Tuesday afternoon, the mayor says that construction project has been moved to 2026.

It is expected that the intersection will be closed completely during the construction when it happens in 2026, allowing for a quicker completion of the work.

Fadness says bids were taken for 2025 & 2026, so no new bidding will be required to push the project back one year.  The roundabout construction at 116th & Allisonville was originally scheduled for the summer of 2025.

The continued construction of a new interchange at I-69 and I-465 is the main reason given by the mayor for this delay.  Any closing of 116th Street and Allisonville Road would only add more traffic to the new roundabout at 96th Street and Allisonville Road, which is  feeling the impact of additional vehicles as a result of the I-69 & I-465 construction.