ANDERSON, Ind. —
The Board of Public Works voted Tuesday to borrow $170,000 to build a trail that will give Chesterfield emergency responders access that will be lost when Mounds Road inside Anderson Municipal Airport property closes.
“The (Federal Aviation Administration) ordered us to shut the road some time ago,” Works Board Chairman Greg Graham said. An agreement was later reached in which the road would stay open until a trail could be built, he said.
An agreement between Anderson and Chesterfield dates back at least seven years, Graham said. Since then, Mounds Road inside Anderson Municipal Airport property has fallen into disrepair because of its expected closing after the FAA required the perimeter of the airport be fenced.
The new trail is designed to be 10 feet wide and run behind American Legion Post 408 before connecting back to Mounds Road outside the airport.
City engineer Mike Spyers said the trail is designed for emergency vehicles but would be closed to other vehicles. Graham said pedestrians and bicycle traffic would be allowed.
Graham said the order to close the road to traffic stems from an order by the Department of Homeland Security.
Though the project has been in the works for years, it is a part of a larger agreement between Anderson and Chesterfield officials on matters in which the two municipalities have common interests. “We felt like we needed to keep our word,” Graham said.
Spyers said there remains right of way to acquire for the trail, but he said the project is expected to be completed in September 2011.
The board approved the loan quote that provided the lowest interest rate over three years, from MainSource Bank. The loan offered a rate of 3.12 percent and three annual payments of $60,393. “This is a good example of shopping around with local banks,” board member Shirley Weatherly said.
Graham said the loan would be repaid with food and beverage tax money.
Contact Dave Stafford: 648-4250, dave.stafford@heraldbulletin.com
Local Business
City borrows $170,000 for trail
Construction to allow airport-area access as Mounds Road closes
- Local Business
-
-
Bus route expanding to include Flagship
The city is preparing to help transport workers to the Flagship Industrial Park — which should see an increase of about 500 jobs this year — by expanding its bus service to southwest Anderson.
-
History: Lapel Telephone Co. was talk of town
In November 1962, when the Lapel Telephone Co. was sold to United Utilities by the children of founder Earl Tull, a Madison County era ended.
-
Fire fighting, business coexist in heart of Anderson developer
Dave Cravens' latest development project is 5,600 square feet of retail space at 4131 S. Scatterfield Road that he calls Raven Plaza.
-
Business Briefs: May 27
A compilation of business news items of local interest as published in the Sunday edition of The Herald Bulletin.
-
'Big Joe' Clark: Problem isn’t the cost of education, but its quality
We must spend less time focusing on how to bring the price of an education down and more time figuring out how to bring up the quality of that education.
-
Boxes outside Aldi catch fire
A small fire outside the Aldi grocery store in Anderson caused an evacuation of shoppers and employees.
-
Remy to build Chinese manufacturing plant
Remy International Inc. plans to build a manufacturing plant and engineering center in Wuhan, China, company executives announced in Chicago earlier this week.
-
Susan Miller: Looking for a summer vacation vocation
Summer vacation is often a synonym for summer vocation, particularly for teenagers.
-
Frankton woman will be on online car ad
Tina Collins giggled as she sped around the track in a go-kart at Applewood Raceway. Her son, Owen Foit, 18, smiled broadly as he threatened to pass her while her daughter, Tarah Collins, 14, tried to catch up from behind.
-
Senate candidate visits Alexandria ethanol plant
In his first post-primary visit to Madison County on Wednesday, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Donnelly visited the Poet Biorefining plant here to underscore his support for energy independence and Indiana corn farmers.
- More Local Business Headlines
-
Bus route expanding to include Flagship
