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City engineers report progress on Grant Street, Eichmann building and warn crossing arms at 450 North are not functioning
Summary
Engineering staff told the Board of Public Works and Safety that Grant Street Phase 2 is moving forward with a low bidder and a $1.2 million local match, multiple downtown and park projects are underway, and crossing arms at the 450 North railroad crossing are currently inoperative because a generator is on back order.
Engineering department representative Kevin Krolick told the Lebanon Board of Public Works and Safety that multiple infrastructure projects are moving forward and flagged a public-safety issue at a LEAP district railroad crossing. Krolick said Grant Street Phase 2 has a low bidder, Midwest Paving, and the city has received an invoice for a $1,200,000 local match that is already funded in current appropriations.
Krolick said the local match and other committed funds — including about $970,000 in commitments from Lebanon Utilities and construction grant money from the Indiana Department of Transportation — leave a healthy balance in the appropriation as the city prepares to move the project into construction. He told the board the invoice for the local match was included in the claims for the evening’s meeting.
The engineering report covered many active projects: cleanup and punch-list work on Fordyce Street; plumbing work beginning at the Lido project; lead abatement and imminent masonry work at the Eichmann Building; Stonator Bike Park fence repairs after a crash; striping and coatings at the Abner Longley Park pickleball courts; Sam Ralston Road trailhead sidewalk connections; and demolition, topsoil and seeding complete at 313 Thompson Street. Krolick said the city plans to request an appropriation to reallocate $385,000 from the Grant Street Phase 2 account to the Thompson Street project to move that project into bidding.
Krolick also described the status of several regional road projects: median piers for the new U.S. 52 interchange are complete, storm sewers and mass earthwork are continuing, and County Road 200 West has asphalt base layers down while REMC relocations are pending. He said right-of-way is secured for a county roundabout at 100 South and 400 East and stage-3 plans are complete.
Krolick flagged a safety concern at the LEAP district crossing on 450 North: the roadwork is complete but the vehicle-activated crossing arms are not working because a back-ordered generator is not on site. He said the yield signs remain in place and the city has asked CSX to install signage warning drivers the crossing arms are not functional. Krolick said the generator is scheduled to arrive in late September and that the crossing arms should be fully operational by early October.
No formal actions were taken on the projects during the engineering report; most items were informational updates and requests that staff pursue follow-up work and contract administration.
Krolick thanked the public and consultants who attended a recent public open house for the State Road 39 (Stitt Road) corridor study, which the city is evaluating for possible relinquishment. He said roughly 25–30 people attended the open house and that public feedback was generally positive, and that an online survey remains available for additional comment.
The engineering report concluded with a status update that Station 12’s generator project is complete and that revised drainage calculations for a fire station project had arrived late in the day for review.
Krolick’s remarks covered project scheduling and funding commitments; he repeatedly emphasized coordination with contractors, the parks department and county reviewers as work moves into construction or final punch-list phases.
