During the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety (PBPWS) meeting Monday, Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter wanted to make a future road closure known that will impact Michigan St. and Hoham Drive.
Michigan St. will be closed at Hoham Drive on Thursday, September 14, Friday, September 15, and Saturday, September 16. Street Superintendent Jimmy Marquardt believed that Michigan St. would reopen after three days; though work will continue on Hoham Drive.
Mayor Senter asked if a specific detour had been established for the public. City of Plymouth Attorney Sean Surrisi expects some maps of established detours from Lochmueller Engineers. Upon receipt, that established detour route will be made available to the public.
Surrisi indicated that KeyBank has had the most issues thus far concerning customer access. “We are continuing to work with them through that.”
Marquardt informed the board that Ted Brown, Head of Transportation for Plymouth Community School Corporation has been made aware of the closing.
Surrisi reminded the board that this is an Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) grant-funded project; INDOT projects typically take five years from initial development to completion. The utility relocation phase began over a year ago; however, there have been significant delays with NIPSCO and their subcontractors relocating their medium and high-pressure gas lines.
Crews have been working six days a week; the project is being treated as a high priority. With the delays, the paving work by Milestone is expected to be completed by December.
The home Notre Dame game this weekend usually brings in a crowd; Holiday Inn Express has created a temporary entrance for guests.
In other news, Plymouth Fire Department (PFD) Chief Steve Holm updated the board on their Blueberry Festival activity. Including the Thursday night start-up, PFD manned the Emergency Medical Technician Basic Carts with assistance from other local fire departments through the weekend. Paramedics from PFD worked 55 hours over the weekend. Some of the full-time EMT’s also worked approximately 32 hours on site. PFD aided in 44 refusals which means that the individual was treated and signed off or advice was provided before release. PFD participated in 14 transports out of the park.
Airport Manager Bill Sheley updated informed the board that hangar door construction will begin Monday.
