{"id":378,"date":"2023-04-05T13:56:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=378"},"modified":"2023-04-05T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:56:09","slug":"five-points-project-ahead-of-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/05\/five-points-project-ahead-of-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Points project ahead of schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The renovation of the Five Points intersection in Decatur is now moving full steam ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was announced at Tuesday night&#8217;s Decatur Board of Works and Safety meeting that American Structurepoint has signed a purchase agreement with the ownership of the Clark gas station\/convenience store at Five Points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/98.158.76.108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6CE590BD91AE4D4492CF9B4CF851CE0F-1024x368.jpg?resize=640%2C230\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6CE590BD91AE4D4492CF9B4CF851CE0F.jpg?resize=1024%2C368&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6CE590BD91AE4D4492CF9B4CF851CE0F.jpg?resize=300%2C108&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6CE590BD91AE4D4492CF9B4CF851CE0F.jpg?resize=768%2C276&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6CE590BD91AE4D4492CF9B4CF851CE0F.jpg?w=1162&amp;ssl=1 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The gas station at Five Points in Decatur is being purchased by the city to make room for the new roundabout that will be built to alleviate traffic issues at the busy intersection. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The land on which the station is situated is needed to construct a roundabout to replace the current five-legged intersection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American Structurepoint engineering firm represents the city on the project to be done with federal funding and administered by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once all the paperwork is completed \u2013 perhaps in as few as 30 days \u2013 the city will own the property. It will be repaid by INDOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is pegged to cost a total of $3,057.690. The Federal Government is putting $2,442,352 into the project while Decatur&#8217;s 20% share amounts to $610,338.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City Operations Manager Jeremy Gilbert said the project is \u201cway ahead\u201d at this point and that bids could be taken perhaps in June of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis has been a very long awaited project,\u201d he told the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilbert said that once INDOT takes over the Clark property, it will remove the station&#8217;s underground tanks. \u201cWe only have to make sure they are drained,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project involves reconstructing the existing five-legged intersection to a five-legged single-lane roundabout. The roundabout will have single entry and exit lanes for all roadway approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The center of the intersection will be shifted approximately 34-feet to the southwest to avoid impacts to historic properties in the remaining corners of the intersection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com The renovation of the Five Points intersection in Decatur is now moving full steam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6CE590BD91AE4D4492CF9B4CF851CE0F.jpg?fit=1162%2C418&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}