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Digging into 'shovel-ready projects' in the Fort Wayne area
category:Government and Politics
posted:February 28th, 2009
They're called 'shovel-ready,' those stimulus projects that have been surveyed, planned for, approved and are ready to go in cities all around America. They've been on hold due to budget issues, but with the new government stimulus plan, they're about to get the green light.
You're going to see lots going on around the Fort Wayne area and across Indiana - from road repair, airport and transit upgrades to school refurbishment, the "greening" of local communities and new technology. There are nearly 19,000 of these stimulus projects ready to ramp up nationwide, estimated to generate over 1,600,000 new jobs for 2009 and 2010.
We've compiled a list of the Fort Wayne stimulus 'shovel-ready' projects that will be happening in the area. What do you think? Which of these Fort Wayne stimulus public works are you pleased to see starting up? Which ones are a waste? Share your views by participating in the Fort Wayne poll and adding your comments below!
| Program | Project Description | Funding Required | Jobs |
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| CDBG | Wells Street Infrastructure | $1,100,000 | 40 | | CDBG | South Urban Trail | $1,500,000 | 30 | | CDBG | Small Business Revolving Loan Fund | $1,500,000 | N/A | | CDBG | Renaissance Ponte Phase II Infrastructure | $5,000,000 | 80 | | CDBG | Renaissance Pointe YMCA | $4,000,000 | 80 | | CDBG | Park Roads and Parking Lot Resurfacing | $1,000,000 | 40 | | CDBG | Owner-occupied Housing Rehab. | $2,000,000 | 120 | | CDBG | North River Redevelopment (Acquisition, Brownfield Site Prep., Infrastructure) | $10,000,000 | 80 | | CDBG | North Anthony Corridor Infrastructure | $700,000 | 40 | | CDBG | Gingerbread House Daycare Development | $500,000 | 30 | | CDBG | Coombs Street Realingment | $200,000 | 25 | | CDBG | Community Health Center | $1,000,000 | 80 | | CDBG | Commercial Facade Program | $1,000,000 | 80 | | CDBG | Calhoun Street Conversion | $1,300,000 | 30 | | CDBG | Alley Rehabilitation | $2,000,000 | 80 | | Energy | Weatherization Grants | $2,000,000 | 15 | | Energy | Green Technology Center | $2,500,000 | 50 | | Energy | Energy Efficient Appliance Grant | $1,000,000 | 3 | | Energy | City Solar & Wind Program | $2,400,000 | 5 | | Housing | Brooklyn Manor II | $500,000 | 10 | | Public Safety | AFIS Upgrade | $500,000 | N/A | | Public Safety | 5 Officers for Neighborhood Response Team Enhancement | $400,000 | 5 | | Public Safety | 30 Tasers | $24,000 | N/A | | Public Safety | 3 School Resource Officers | $240,000 | 3 | | Schools | School Infrastructure 23 Elementary Schools 8 Middle Schools | $301,100,000 | 900 | | Streets/Roads | West Jefferson Blvd over Graham McCulloch Ditch bridge reconstruction | $1,125,000 | 35 | | Streets/Roads | Wayne Trace Arterial reconstruction widening | $3,000,000 | 70 | | Streets/Roads | Washington Center Road @ Dartmouth Intersection reconstruction | $1,200,000 | 35 | | Streets/Roads | Washington Center Rd over Spy Run Creek bridge reconstruction | $625,000 | 30 | | Streets/Roads | Trier Road over Bullerman Ditch bridge reconstruction | $625,000 | 30 | | Streets/Roads | Towpath trail - 1 mile | $400,000 | 25 | | Streets/Roads | State Blvd over Spy Run Creek bridge reconstruction | $750,000 | 30 | | Streets/Roads | State Blvd over Bullerman Ditch bridge reconstruction | $750,000 | 30 | | Streets/Roads | Spring Street over Conway RR bridge reconstruction | $2,500,000 | 60 | | Streets/Roads | South Town Center trail - 1.2 miles | $360,000 | 25 | | Streets/Roads | South Bend Drive over Graham McCulloch Ditch bridge reconstruction | $625,000 | 30 | | Streets/Roads | Sidewalk construction to connect neighborhoods & reconstruction of poor conditon sidewalks | $5,000,000 | 80 | | Streets/Roads | Residential Concrete Street repair 55 miles in poor or very poor condition; 2009 would include 10 of these miles. | $7,200,000 | 100 | | Streets/Roads | Progress Blvd over Spy Run Creek bridge reconstruction | $875,000 | 35 | | Streets/Roads | Production Blvd over Spy Run Creek bridge reconstruction | $625,000 | 30 | | Streets/Roads | Power & Energy Trail - 2 miles | $1,500,000 | 50 | | Streets/Roads | Paulding Rd over Trier Ditch bridge reconstruction | $625,000 | 30 | | Streets/Roads | New York Central Rail to Trail - 2.5 miles | $1,700,000 | 50 | | Streets/Roads | Meijer Road @ Trier Ditch bridge reconstruction | $500,000 | 25 | | Streets/Roads | Martin Luther King US 27 Bridge reconstruction | $8,000,000 | 100 | | Streets/Roads | Maplecrest Arterial extension | $2,000,000 | 60 | | Streets/Roads | Johnny Appleseed to Shoaff Park trail - 3 miles | $3,000,000 | 60 | | Streets/Roads | Jefferson Pointe Trail - 1 mile | $800,000 | 30 | | Streets/Roads | East State Blvd sidewalk - connect 11 neighborhoods with 5 schools | $500,000 | 25 | | Streets/Roads | Covington Rd trail - 5.5 miles | $5,500,000 | 80 | | Streets/Roads | Cougar Trail .82 miles | $700,000 | 35 | | Streets/Roads | Concrete Curb repair - 12 miles | $1,500,000 | 40 | | Streets/Roads | Columbia Street over Delta Lake bridge reconstruction | $500,000 | 25 | | Streets/Roads | Coliseum Blvd Trail and Riverbank re-enforcement - 0.7 miles | $450,000 | 25 | | Streets/Roads | Bella Vista Drive over Fairfield Ditch bridge reconstruction | $750,000 | 30 | | Streets/Roads | Becketts Run Trail (St. Joe River to Coldwater Rd) - 3.5 miles | $1,500,000 | 50 | | Streets/Roads | Auburn Road reconstruction widening and trail connection | $2,500,000 | 70 | | Streets/Roads | Arterial Concrete Street repair 10 miles in system in poor or very poor condition; 2009 would include 6 of these miles. | $12,000,000 | 160 | | Streets/Roads | Ardmore Avenue Arterial reconstruction widening and trail connection | $6,500,000 | 85 | | Streets/Roads | ADA Ramp requirements 30% of city still in non-compliance at an estimated cost of $10,000,000. 10% of the 30% to be completed 2009 | $3,333,333 | 125 | | Streets/Roads | Aboite Trails - 13 miles | $8,000,000 | 55 | | Transit | Superior Street Station | $300,000 | 60 | | Transit | Restore Service Cuts | $2,000,000 | 7 | | Transit | Rebuild Baker Street Station | $4,500,000 | 60 | | Transit | Northside Terminal | $500,000 | 2 | | Transit | New NW Route | $360,000 | 3 | | Transit | IPFW-Ivy Tech Circulator | $639,000 | 2 | | Transit | Headquarters HVAC | $200,000 | 4 | | Transit | Downtown Circulator | $4,000,000 | 8 | | Water | West Lawn Septic Elimination Project, New sanitary sewer system for neighborhood with failed septic systems | $5,500,000 | 9 | | Water | Webster Street Storm Sewer New storm sewers to reduce combined sewer overflows and local sewer capacity issues | $525,000 | 7 | | Water | Warfield SSD Ellimination, New relief sewer to eliminate sanitary overflows and increase capacity | $1,435,000 | 7 | | Water | Vance & Woodrow Sewer Separation, New storm sewers to reduce combined sewer overflows and local sewer capacity issues | $3,250,000 | 9 | | Water | Upper Ely Run Interceptor Phase 1, New relief sewer to increase capacity | $14,500,000 | 15 | | Water | Union Chapel Road Water Main Extension: Tonkel to Puff, New main to improve system reliability, capacity and pressure | $300,000 | 7 | | Water | Subbassin R14033 Sewer Separation, New storm sewers to reduce combined sewer overflows and local sewer capacity issues | $3,550,000 | 9 | | Water | State Road 3 Water Main Replacement, Replacement of existing mains with high maintenance costs and poor performance | $1,500,000 | 7 | | Water | State Road 1 Water Main Replacement, Replacement of existing mains with high maintenance costs and poor performance | $750,000 | 7 | | Water | St. Joseph Dam Structural Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation of concrete dam structure to ensure structural integrity of dam | $2,200,000 | 10 | | Water | St Joe - Beckett Relief Sewer - Phase 1, New relief sewer to increase capacity | $4,750,000 | 10 | | Water | St Joe - Beckett EQ basin, New storage basing to improve capacity during wet weather events | $15,540,000 | 25 | | Water | Spy Run Creek Channel and Detention Improvements, Improvements to stormwater ditch to reduce local flooding | $3,000,000 | 1 | | Water | Southwest Interceptor CIPP - Rehabilitation and cleaning of sewer to improve structural integrity and capacity | $1,750,000 | 7 | | Water | Southtown Centre Stormwater System and Trail, Improvements to local stormwater system performance to reduce local flooding | $500,000 | 1 | | Water | Smith Street at Roosevelt & Fairfax - Phase 2 Sewer Seperation, New storm sewers to reduce combined sewer overflows and local sewer capacity issues | $900,000 | 1 | | Water | Rothman SSD Ellimination, New relief sewer to eliminate sanitary overflows and increase capacity | $660,000 | 7 | | Water | Riverside, Hannas, Paramount Additions - Water Main Replacement, Replacement of existing mains with high maintenance costs and poor performance | $1,275,000 | 7 | | Water | Renaissance Pointe Stormwater Basin, New detention basin to reduce combined sewer overflows and local sewer capacity issues | $2,200,000 | 1 | | Water | NW Pressure Zone Pumping Improvements-Rehabilitation of pump stations to improve reliability and increase capacity | $350,000 | 9 | | Water | NW Feeder Main - Phase 3, New transmission main for NW area of system for improvements to capacity and pressure in area | $5,500,000 | 10 | | Water | Mardego Hills Stormwater Sytem Improvements, Improvements to local stormwater sewer system performance to reduce local flooding | $900,000 | 1 | | Water | Maplewood Park Stormwater Improvements-Improvements to local stormwater sewer system performance to reduce local flooding | $1,550,000 | 9 | | Water | Maplecrest Water Main Extension, New transmission main for NE area of system for improvements to capacity and pressure in area | $1,450,000 | 8 | | Water | Lime Conveyance Upgrades-Replacement of existing control system components to improve operations | $600,000 | 10 | | Water | Large Diameter Interceptor Cleaning & Lining Package, Rehabilitation and cleaning of large diameter sewers to improve structural integrity and capacity | $8,100,000 | 10 | | Water | Lake Avenue Feeder Main Project Phase 3, New transmission main for NE area of system for improvements to capacity and pressure in area | $800,000 | 8 | | Water | Klaehn-Merritt Drainage System (Illinois Road)Improvements to local stormwater sewer system performance to reduce local flooding | $700,000 | 7 | | Water | Filtration Plant Finished Water Reservoir Improvements Structural improvements and modifications to reservoir to improve operations reliability | $5,800,000 | 20 | | Water | Filter Valve and Filter Bed Improvements, Replacement of valves and filter bottoms to improve reliability of filters and water quality | $2,100,000 | 12 | | Water | Ewing Street Storm Sewer, New storm sewers to reduce combined sewer overflows and local sewer capacity issues | $3,000,000 | 1 | | Water | Drexel, Trentman, Oxford: Queen to Wayne Trace - Water Main Replacement, Replacement of existing mains with high maintenance costs and poor performance | $600,000 | 7 | | Water | Digester Improvements Phase 2 (Gas & Safety), 2nd phase of improvements to Digestors to improve performance & reliability | $6,830,000 | 20 | | Water | Combined Sewer Overflow Pond Improvements, Construction of new grit facilities, and cleaning and structural improvements | $10,880,000 | 15 | | Water | Collection System Monitoring and Control Improvements - Installation of facilities to improve system real-time operations and reduce overflows | $725,000 | 5 | | Water | Bluffton Road & Lower Huntington - Water Main Replacement, Replacement of existing mains with high maintenance costs and poor performance | $600,000 | 7 | | Water | Beckman Drain Improvements, Improvements to stormwater ditch to reduce local flooding | $450,000 | 0 | | Water | Anthony Wayne Village - Water Main Replacement, Replacement of existing mains with high maintenance costs and poor performance | $2,000,000 | 7 | | Water | Airport Expressway Water Main Extension, New main to improve system reliability, capacity and pressure and provide for system expansion | $4,000,000 | 9 | | Water | Aeration System Improvements- Phase 2, 2nd phase of improvements to Aereation system to improve performance & reliability | $3,775,000 | 20 | | Water | Aboite Center Water Main Extension, New main to improve system reliability, capacity and pressure and provide for system expansion | $750,000 | 7 |
View the complete list of projects across Indiana and the country here.
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