By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Brooks Construction Co. is expected to begin Decatur’s latest street paving project this week.
City Operations Manage Jeremy Gilbert told city council at its latest meeting the Fort Wayne company is expected to start work on upgrading handicap ramps around August 1st.
Once that portion of the project is completed, around August 18th or 19th, Brooks will turn to milling (removing the top layer) and repaving, Gilbert said..
“Hopefully, they can get done by Labor Day,” Gilbert noted.
Brooks won the project with a low bid of $886,747.
The Community Crossings grant amounts to $810,508.10. The city is providing a match of some $253,300, boosting total funds available for the work to over $1 million: $1,013,135.12.
Brooks milled and repaved stretches of 11 city streets last summer via another CC grant and city match, plus two other streets and six alleys done through additional city funding.
Gilbert also told council that officials here are working on yet another application for a Community Crossings.
Whereas $1 million has been available in the state program in previous years, the new one will have up to $1.5 million.
Following are the streets to be paved this year via the CC grant (more could be added):
1) Adams street from 3rd to 13th
2) 5th from Monroe to 2nd
3) Waters Edge addition
4) Elm Street from Winchester to Grant
5) 7th St from Adams to Monroe
6) Meibers St. from 5th to the railroad
City funds will be used to repave two parking lots and one alley, plus two streets, to be done by Brooks (more could be added):
1) City parking lot behind 2 Brothers
2) Parking lot at Riverside Center
3) Fremont Lane
4) 5th St from Adams to Monroe
5) Alley behind Legion park from Elm St to Stevenson St
