Work on the Starke County Courthouse elevator is back underway.
OTIS Elevator crews were at the courthouse on Monday to begin construction of the new elevator inside the county’s iconic and historic structure. The new elevator will help better meet ADA accessibility needs.
Starke County Commissioner Kathy Norem said the work will be done in about six weeks. Company representatives say overtime will be put in to try and shorten that timeframe.
Once the construction of the elevator is complete, it will take about two weeks for the State to complete an inspection. After it passes, it will be in full operation.
The new completion date is mid-June.
Since the project is time sensitive with grant funds to cover the majority of the cost of the project, an extension is being requested due to the delay created by the lack of time on behalf of the contractors to be on the scene to work on the elevator. They are one of two companies that do this type of work and they have been called away to work on emergency projects. They will now focus on getting Starke County’s elevator constructed.
