Mitch Daniels adds $40 million to Fort to Port project over safety concerns
Posted by: AWB in City & County GovernmentFrom the JG
The state will spend $40 million to make a regional road project safer and more attractive for economic development, Gov. Mitch Daniels announced Wednesday.Daniels announced that the U.S. 24 Fort to Port project, linking Fort Wayne with Toledo, will now include two interchanges instead of regular intersections. He said the changes – which increase Indiana’s projected cost to $170 million – came after the state heard from numerous residents and elected officials calling for interchanges.
The public spoke out about the dangers of the grade level crossings and Daniels responded. [applause]
The plan announced Wednesday would include interstate-like interchanges on U.S. 24 at Webster Road and at Indiana 101. The planned regular intersection with Bruick and Ryan roads – which is the same road on opposite sides of U.S. 24 – will still be built without interchanges, but an overpass will be built to help the Amish traverse the four-lane highway.
Allen County Commissioner Linda Bloom said she is pleased with the state’s decision to include the two interchanges, even if it wasn’t everything the county wanted.
“These are the two we needed the worst,” she said.
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Another perfect example of Indiana doing something half-assed.
I dont think anybody proposing this understands the impracticality of putting an interchange at webster and 24. That area is not in the middle of some cornfield. There are several businesses, homes, a brand new watertower, and a high school all within the proposed area of construction.
The one planned for 101 is desperately needed though.
It would just be nice for once if the people who made these decisions did more than just decide things from a map on a table in indianapolis. The proposed webster interchange will have a negative effect on our community. This is just another example of our government detached from those they represent.