By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Although the Five Points Improvement Project in Decatur has been pushed back to at least early 2025 by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), paperwork continues to move forward.
At its latest meeting, city council approved the signing of a construction project with INDOT.
The contract is required by INDOT, which has total control over the project, including control of the federal dollars being used.
“This will move us forward,” City Attorney Anne Razo said at the meeting.
“This will be the last step … well, one of the last steps,” added a smiling Jeremy Gilbert, the city’s operations manager, after reconsidering his initial statement.
Gilbert said in early September that many INDOT projects that had gone out for bid had ranged up to 40% higher than estimated due to inflation and the large number of projects underway at that time.
The Five Points project is 80% federal and 20% city funded,
“So with all this being said, our bid date has been pushed out a couple times over the last couple years due to funding,” Gilbert explained. “So right now we are scheduled to go to bid in June of 2025.”
The project is pegged to cost a total of $3,057.690. The feds are putting $2,442,352 into the effort while Decatur’s 20% share amounts to $610,338.
INDOT, as noted, administers the project.
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