Winona Roundabout Project Coming Closer To Reality
March 2, 2017 at 9:23 p.m.
By Michael [email protected]
At a meeting of the Winona Lake Redevelopment Commission Wednesday, town coordinator Craig Allebach said the project has been funded and they are ready to begin a request for bids for engineers on the project.
The redevelopment commission unanimously approved to begin requesting bids on the project.
The project is expected to cost about $1.6 million, with the federal government covering 80 percent of the cost.
Allebach said the project will not be finished until 2021 or 2022, and will be done in five different phases beginning with preliminary engineering.
The roundabout is expected to be at the intersection of Winona Avenue, Argonne Road, Kings Highway and Park Avenue near the entrance to the town.
Allebach said the town will not shut down traffic during the construction of the roundabout.
“There might be a day or two when it gets shut down, but for the most part it will be open,” he said.
The intersection is a main road that many residents use to enter the town from Warsaw.
Allebach said the intersection will be able to maintain a roundabout with a cut into the sidewalk.
“The engineers say it will fit,” he said.
In other business, the commission unanimously approved to reimburse The Village At Winona for half of the costs associated with the trimming and removing of trees in The Village.
Nick Hauck, managing director of The Village, said he went ahead with the tree trimming and removal due to safety concerns.
“The branches were getting really close to houses,” he said. “I’m glad I did it with the weather we had in January and February.”
In addition to tree trimming, two dead trees were removed from the area.
The workers were not able to get their equipment in the back, so they had to do a lot of tree climbing, which increased the cost of the project.
The Village paid $38,345 for the service, and the commission agreed to pay half of that, which is $19,172.50.
The commission also unanimously approved to fund 90 percent of a beautifying project around Winona Avenue. The plan was brought to the commission by Jewell Powelle.
“There is no attractive entrance into Winona Lake,” she said.
Powelle went out and got quotes for trees and bushes to be put along Winona Avenue. She said the people who live in the townhomes along the road have agreed to maintain the shrubbery.
“We’ll save some cost because we maintain it now,” Allebach said.
The commission agreed to fund 90 percent of the plan, but will seek another bid and take the lower of the two prices.
The current bid is $22,176.90.
At a meeting of the Winona Lake Redevelopment Commission Wednesday, town coordinator Craig Allebach said the project has been funded and they are ready to begin a request for bids for engineers on the project.
The redevelopment commission unanimously approved to begin requesting bids on the project.
The project is expected to cost about $1.6 million, with the federal government covering 80 percent of the cost.
Allebach said the project will not be finished until 2021 or 2022, and will be done in five different phases beginning with preliminary engineering.
The roundabout is expected to be at the intersection of Winona Avenue, Argonne Road, Kings Highway and Park Avenue near the entrance to the town.
Allebach said the town will not shut down traffic during the construction of the roundabout.
“There might be a day or two when it gets shut down, but for the most part it will be open,” he said.
The intersection is a main road that many residents use to enter the town from Warsaw.
Allebach said the intersection will be able to maintain a roundabout with a cut into the sidewalk.
“The engineers say it will fit,” he said.
In other business, the commission unanimously approved to reimburse The Village At Winona for half of the costs associated with the trimming and removing of trees in The Village.
Nick Hauck, managing director of The Village, said he went ahead with the tree trimming and removal due to safety concerns.
“The branches were getting really close to houses,” he said. “I’m glad I did it with the weather we had in January and February.”
In addition to tree trimming, two dead trees were removed from the area.
The workers were not able to get their equipment in the back, so they had to do a lot of tree climbing, which increased the cost of the project.
The Village paid $38,345 for the service, and the commission agreed to pay half of that, which is $19,172.50.
The commission also unanimously approved to fund 90 percent of a beautifying project around Winona Avenue. The plan was brought to the commission by Jewell Powelle.
“There is no attractive entrance into Winona Lake,” she said.
Powelle went out and got quotes for trees and bushes to be put along Winona Avenue. She said the people who live in the townhomes along the road have agreed to maintain the shrubbery.
“We’ll save some cost because we maintain it now,” Allebach said.
The commission agreed to fund 90 percent of the plan, but will seek another bid and take the lower of the two prices.
The current bid is $22,176.90.
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