The City of Fishers is starting the process of using the Barrett Law to improve a section of deteriorating roads owned privately.  The Barrett Law finances improvement, resurfacing or reconstruction of a roadway, paid for by property owners located along the roads.

There are two areas covered in the resolutions enacted by the Board of Public Works and Safety Tuesday morning.  One is just west of State Road 37, between 141st and 135th Streets.  The other area is just east of State Road 37, between 141st & 126th Streets.

City Engineering Department Director Jason Taylor says this is the preliminary step in the Barrett Law process with a public hearing part of the next step.  Property owners along these roadways have been contacted in the past 6-9 months and Taylor described the feedback as generally positive.  These are commercial, not residential roads.  The commercially owned private roads are being targeted first, according to Taylor.

Once the Barrett Law work is completed, these roads will then become the city’s responsibility to maintain.

The Barrett Law financed cost of the road work is estimated to be $2 million for the project west of State Road 37 and $1 million for the east side work.