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Consultant outlines Casey's plan to add diesel bays and widen entrance; INDOT review expected
Summary
A consultant for Casey's presented a preliminary site plan to add diesel bays, a canopy and a widened entrance adjacent to the Little York neighborhood; she said INDOT traffic review could take four to six months and that detention changes will accompany an increase in impervious surfaces.
Tabitha Bionis, a consultant with Fishbag hired by the Casey's property owner, presented a preliminary site plan to the meeting showing a canopy, a circular drive to stack trucks and widened entrance lanes intended to allow diesel fueling for large trucks.
'The plan is only preliminary,' Bionis told the attendees, adding that interior store amenities would not change and that the project's principal work would be concrete-based and brief once construction starts. She said the proposed entrance would be widened to the east and that the team would submit required engineering to the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) for a traffic study and formal approval.
Bionis said the proposal increases impervious area and that preliminary detention revisions had been considered: 'We're going to restrict it a little bit more than it's currently doing for the outlet,' she said, noting runoff routes to an existing outlet ditch. She said the design team would submit more detailed drainage and traffic calculations to INDOT prior to construction.
On timing, Bionis estimated an INDOT traffic-study review often requires 'four to six months' and that, if approvals proceed, the company could begin construction about six months later; she cautioned that schedule estimates are preliminary. She said the last similar full-store build was completed in about four months in another jurisdiction.
Neighbors and board members asked about water, sewer demand and overnight truck parking. Bionis said no truck-stop amenities are planned and that Casey's enforces policies against overnight parking. She also said the company had worked to maintain sight lines and would consider shifting fence lines and collaborative mitigation where private yards adjoin the property.
The meeting requested that Bionis leave copies of the plan and submit final drawings and quotes by the next meeting so staff and officials could review them before any formal approvals. The town encouraged submission to INDOT and indicated it would review the plan for local access and site-distance concerns before formal permitting.
