Six projects on the City of Evansville’s 2015 street paving and road reconstruction list have already been completed. Two more road projects are underway, and 10 other projects are scheduled to begin at a later date or are in the pre-bid stage.
City Engineer Brent Schmitt said multiple sources of information and data were used to generate the project list. “Our office received input from residents attending the Mayor’s Traveling City Hall meetings, through the Citizens Concern Portal, from calls to the Engineering Department staff, traffic count data and feedback at the annual public road meeting held in March,†Schmitt said.
Schmitt said most of the projects are scheduled for resurfacing work, which involves milling and removing the old pavement and laying new asphalt or overlaying asphalt over the existing road.
Golfmoor Road is scheduled for rehabilitation work that will begin around April 20 and will include replacing two drainage culverts, complete ditch grading, plus reconstructing a portion of the roadway.
A contract to remove railroad crossing on Riverside Drive near Tropicana Evansville is currently being written and has not been let for bid. Schmitt said it will be necessary to close Riverside to traffic at that location when construction begins later this year.
Here is the list of 2015 City of Evansville road projects and their status:
Complete:
• Bellemeade Avenue at Kentucky Avenue – Complete
• Burdette Avenue (Covert to Pollack) – Complete
• Margybeth Avenue (Hawthorne Avenue east to the dead end) – Complete
• Green River Road at Virginia – Complete
• E. Virginia Street at Royal Avenue – Complete
• E. Virginia Street at Kimber Lane – Complete
Total approximately cost: $360,000
Underway:
• Mesker Park Drive (Wimberg to St. Joseph Avenue) – Underway – Anticipated complete 4/17/15
• Wimberg Avenue (Mesker Park Drive to Harmony Way) – Underway – Anticipated complete 4/17/15
Total approximately cost: $285,000
Scheduled:
• Golfmoor Road (Wessel Lane to Harmony Way) – Expected to begin April 20th
Total approximate cost: $163,165
• West Buena Vista (N. Third Avenue to N. Fulton Avenue) – Expected to begin May 4th
Total approximate cost: $278,467
Bid Documents Underway:
The following roads will be included in the contract that is being composed. No Contract has been awarded or schedule set.
• Lincoln Avenue (Hwy 41 to Boeke Road)
• Boeke Road (Lloyd Expressway to Washington Avenue)
• St. George Road (from railroad track to 250-feet west of tracks)
• Riverside Drive (Ohio Street to Vine Street)
• W. Franklin Street (St. Joseph Avenue to Mt. Vernon Avenue)
• Mt. Vernon Avenue (Franklin to Harmony Way)
• Oak Grove Road at Kimber Lane
• Walnut Street (Boeke Road to Weinbach Avenue)
