If you have driven by the construction site at the interchange at 106th Street and Interstate-69, you can see that the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) contractors are making good progress.  At the Monday meeting of the Fishers Board of Works and Safety, the city approved spending just over $98,000 on that area.

The money will be targeted on clearing brush and regrading ditches.  The goal is to to establish drainage improvements and enhance the aestethics of the corridor, which the city sees as a key gateway into the community.

The work will be done by the INDOT contractor working on the interchange, Walsh Construction.

In other actions taken by the board:

–Approved a resolution dedicating right-of-way on Florida Road as part of the Whelchel Springs development.

–Approved a concurrence to relocate an underground drainage pipe system as part of the planned downtown North of North project.

— Approved a professional services agreement for 113th Street rehabilitation, which is scheduled for completion in 2017

–Gave the okay to spend $74,477.72   for the Fire Department’s purchase for 38 sets of turnout gear. This was a planned purchase for replacement gear as part of the department’s 5 year primary gear replacement plan, and it is included in the 2016 budget.