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Evansville OKs multiple right‑of‑way permits, imposes utility‑cut and tree‑removal conditions; tables Crown Castle lane‑closure request
Summary
The board approved an appendix of right‑of‑way permits, added a requirement that utility cuts use flowable fill, approved a tree‑removal permit conditioned on safety‑board restrictions (which had been granted), and tabled a lane‑closure request from Crown Castle affecting Burkhart Road and Lincoln Avenue.
City engineers presented Appendix A right‑of‑way permit applications and the Board of Public Works approved most applications with site‑specific conditions and corrections.
The board approved right‑of‑way permit applications numbered 2222 through 2225 (transcript correction to numbering noted by a board member). A tree‑removal permit application on Walnut Street near Villa Drive (application 2226) was approved subject to the prior approval and any restrictions from the safety board; staff reported the safety board had already considered and passed that permit. Applications 2227 and 2228 were approved on the condition that contractors adhere to the city engineer’s utility‑cut repair detail; staff said the city will require flowable fill rather than uncompacted stone for utility cut repairs.
The board took exception to application 22209, a request from Crown Castle for Burkhart Road lane closures with flaggers north and south of Lincoln Avenue, citing increased rerouted traffic due to Lloyd Expressway improvements. City staff said they are working with the permit applicant to change routing or construction methods to avoid Burkhart Road; the board tabled that item.
Separately, the board approved multiple event road closures submitted by community groups and confirmed paperwork was in order for each: a resubmitted New Hope Baptist picnic (closing W.R. Brown Senior Way on July 12), a Camp Hope children’s safety buffer (July 30–Aug. 1), the Evansville African American Museum’s Baptist Town Festival (Aug. 9), Impact Evansville’s Bedford Collab grand opening (Sept. 27), and a request from the F.J. Wright instrumental music booster club for closures near Central High School on July 23. All event closures were approved by voice vote after staff confirmed paperwork and prior Board of Public Safety approvals where applicable.
