Repeated Delays by Park Board Dragging feet

costing Citizens ... Tracy Trails Overpass bridges lost one

 

 

Delays have cost the Tracy Trails one Bridge over pass and the Board continues to flirt with delays by failing to approve which Bridge they wish to spend the funds presently available on. The Smith Valley or US31 overpass bridge are the two choices yet the board still stumbles in making the decision, when attorney Jay Isenberg pointed out that the board could still approve which bridge to approve for construction without the final figures. Another potential problem is that the board is going to ask the state for another change in scope for the T-11 Grant money. They have asked the state for changes before on this grant and as they ponder time away, the cost rises and has cost Greenwood the price of one Bridge already. Now with the 1.2 million it is estimated that the board will still have to cough up 20% in matching funds just to pay for one bridge. Springer director of Parks noted that they could find the money but the board still put it off until the next meeting…again.

   This has been the pattern for the entire project of this grant money, which the Parks Board was granted the funds two years ago and has failed to act. Now 1.2 million will not buy much more than half of what it would have two years ago. Yet the board seeming drags its feet, even after the city attorney advises them they can proceed.

   While the trails will finally get started next spring they will be useless unless connected to the inner city, as promised by the board to the pro-Freedom park supporters. The parks Board have no logical reason for failing to act the past two years and the reluctance has cost Greenwood taxpayers. The countless delays are to the point of Greenwood paying twice as much to get the bridges built.

    Geotechnical Boring will began soon in the areas for the overpass Bridges. According to an advisor to the parks board the results will be good for as long as they need, as long as the bridges are not moved.

   Geotechnical Boring is an INDOT requirement and must be done to stay inline for state approval. Also know as plugging will include Hydrologic data of the area. Possibly including Lithology descriptions, minerals, water tables and other pertinent data used in construction. Basically to the layman, it tells you what the ground is like your going to build on. Although not 100% accurate (average 95%) it is widely used because of its invaluable data for knowledge of the foundation base.