The Independent-News, Volume 88, Number 20, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 May 1964 — Page 12

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— THE INDEPENDENT NEWS — May 11. 1961

Indiana 23 Hearing Is Well Conducted Continued from page 1 f t from the center on each side a compared to the present dist mce of half this size over mu h of the road. This right-of-way c n vary to more than thus • nour.! where ne< es.-ary due to v ginecrmg problems due to imp >ved turn radfl at local roads, n w a u .ng road jun turns, .■ ear reehanm ling. grad, dopi ii par .rent new bi idge con- - a. 'i n an i drainage and teri ai i i .a kqua x -. Tin p'a a th y stand, u ill r>t <.mt i •! a’\v ace t.» the nid I-?. y jin ' ,o- and < xit o ' > L' v . i a ...th i ’i ey r -v h ■ a'*.’- 1 slightly to make a mtting intci se> tions instead of t ty e ml • c ion as so c my icik new low Such imp ivement will be a matter of s Cvty as the road, must be constructed in such away to make P as safe as possible for future u The road is to be adequate a d string enough to a comodate Cveiy type vehicle in Use today. It i designed to e’iminab any -sharp CWcs. hills and valleys, or othc h .cards th t create poor visi lity which hamper the safety f tor. Starting a* I’ S 6. resurfa ing i <. Ik ‘ for the first .19 miles, o to the Tvhi Street intersoc- !' n No light- >f way will be inv ’wd. Ijrom Tyler Street to 1 lei 1! a 1. ar proxim rely .6 mile, t road will be widened to 2-1 f. t and right-of-way extended to t ■ popsosed 129 fee! involving ■ nt 3<> additional fe. t on each - Ie of the pre-ent right-of-wav. F mi Tyler road extending to a s. >t just short of Walnut road, t’ •* curve will be straightened by cheating slightly to the east

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From the Walnut Road junction northeast to the Quincey Road jun: tion. plans call for widening and re urfacmg within a 120 foot corridor All of this will be with the II foot improved shoulders. There will be incidents, however, in this -tret h where the four foot addition will be made all on one side to straighten a slight curve. The (bridge work for most of the entire program is uncertain with the exception of a proposed new bridge over Potato Creek at the north e Ige of North Liberty. A .32 so tion at Quincy Road will be recon st rue ted to the *a I to straighten a curve at Quin y Road. Then, another .32 section will be relocated to the west to straighten a curve nt the Quinn Road junction A 500 so-u section across from the bow’ing lanes in North Liberty will be re onstructed to straighten a curve at that point, and then only resurfacing and widening is planned to State Road 4. From State Road 4 north for approximately 2 mile, to Mill • street, resurfacing of the existing > road is planned with only slight ■ variation in the widening to alleviate only a slight variance in > the distance between curves. The work on the bridge has already been mentioned, hut then for a distance northward for 2 6 miles, only the widening and resurfacing along with additional right-of way and the improved houlders will be done From this point, the Madison Rnad T junction, .3 mile to the Latl e Trail intersection, a serious curve will he straightened by relo ating to the east. For a distance of 2 6 miles, the usual widening and resurfacing will continue. i Ase lion .38 mile in length, will be completely reconstructed to present a more level and safer crossing of the New York Central Railroad tracks. From this point

again northeastward, the usual ’ widening and resurfacing with only slight curve correction, will । be made in the 120 foot corridor. The last 200-300 feet, joining to the present plans for Ireland road, will be all new constru tion. Along with this, other -safety signals and necessary safety devices, will be added at grade and railroad crossings. Craig stated that the North Liberty to Ireland Road section was slated for work in the 196365 biennial udget with the Walkciton to North Liberty section in th? 1165-67 biennial section. However. it is possible for a temporary re urfa ing of 23 from Walkerton to North Liberty this summer if the highway departmmt fund hold out The section south of Walkerton to the Starke County Line, is an entirely different matter which should see action this summer. The cost of this program from Walkerton to Mayflower Road is* approximately one million dollars. Following the completion of Craigs speech, statements were -Jieard from M D. Whitmer, of the North Liberty Town Board; David Mellin, president of the

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I Walkerton Town Board; a reprei sentative of Mayor Allen, of I South Bend; County Commissioner Keith Klopfenstein; Dr. Bryce > Rohrer, repre-enting the WalkerI ton Chamber of Commerce; Rev. David Filer. Walkerton Ministerial Association; John Gouker, fire chief of the North Liberty Volunteer Fire Department; Keith Davis, principal of the North Liberty High S’ hool: and Amos Bierly, representing the Polk-Lincoln-Johnson School Board. These were economic statements supporting the road program to Iwtter serve this area. Craig stated that acquiring the necessary right-of-way would be the important fa tor in the time problem as complete plans cannot he made until this is done He also tated that the state will be fair in their offers for the necessary land and it was hoped that all the concerned jx ople would react the same way. Much satisfaction was derivetl from this hearing as Mr Craig’s presentation of the program was very thorough. It is with mu h anticipation that we now await the final results. Buy U. S. Savings Bonds today.

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