The Starke County Commissioners opened three bids last week for the proposed Community Crossings Matching Grant project this year. The project calls for the resurfacing of 700 E. from State Road 8 to County Road 625 S. in Knox.
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Motorists who use Culver Road in Knox will soon have to slow down for a raised crosswalk. The school board last week agreed to add the safety feature to the ongoing building project, at the recommendation of Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart.
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The Knox Board of Works has chosen a contractor for upcoming paving work. Rieth-Riley Construction was recently selected for the city’s Community Crossings projects, as well as an additional parking area in Wythogan Park that isn’t eligible for the matching grant.
Continue readingCounty Road 250 N. between Range Road and U.S. 35 in Starke County will be upgraded to a hot mix asphalt road beginning Monday, Aug. 24.
Continue readingThose driving through the City of Knox may encounter some road construction this week. Mayor Dennis Estok says work is taking place on East Street from John Street to State Road 8 and on all of East New York Street. Rieth-Riley crews will be doing milling and street resurfacing work until at least Friday. Motorists are asked to avoid those roads whenever possible.
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Cracked asphalt continues to be a concern for Eastern Pulaski school officials. The pavement apparently began cracking a few months after last year’s $2.4 million project.
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The Starke County Highway Department has opened the reconfigured intersection of CR 210/600 S and Old State Road 10.
Continue readingEastern Pulaski school officials continue looking for answers, after cracks began forming in the newly-repaved parking lots.
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Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation’s summer paving project. “The asphalt and concrete is pretty close,” Superintendent Dan Foster says. Continue reading
After two rounds of bidding, the Hamlet Town Council has decided not to pursue grant funding for Railroad Street improvements at this time. Council members voted Wednesday to reject all three paving bids and table a Community Crossings application until the January call for projects.
Paving work on the Eastern Pulaski Schools campus is being held up by the concrete portion of the project. Superintendent Dan Foster gave an update to the school board Monday.
The Eastern Pulaski Schools campus will get major paving and sidewalk upgrades in the coming months. The school board awarded a $2.4-million construction bid to Rieth-Riley Construction Company Monday.
The Eastern Pulaski School Board will decide today whether to move ahead with a large-scale paving project on the schools’ campus. The work would include resurfacing the driveways and most of the parking lots. Plans also call for sidewalk repair and traffic flow updates.
Arens Field is seeing the benefits from some recent upgrades, and a few more improvements may be coming. Thanks to federal and state grant funding, the airport was able to install a new fuel system last year giving pilots access to both jet fuel and low-lead fuel 24 hours a day.
