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S.R. 44 construction work scheduled to begin Monday
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) launches its State Road 44 Major Moves project through Rushville on Monday.
Dave O’Mara Contractor crews will begin work at McFarland Street, installing a new water main along the SR 44 route to Jackson Street.
Flaggers will be present to occasionally guide traffic around construction equipment moving in and out of the work site. Otherwise, there will be few disruptions to normal traffic flow.
A detour will be required later as construction activities broaden.
Five lifts of HMA asphalt will be constructed over treated subgrade, replacing the old roadbed. Other benefits of the Major Moves project for Rushville include new storm sewers, water mains, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, new traffic signals and street signage.
The $2,941,787 project extends from a half mile west of SR 3 to just east of SR 3, following West First Street to Harrison Street then jogging one block on North Harrison to West Second Street. No work will be done on the segment shared by U.S. 52 and SR 44 on Second Street. Construction will continue on East Second to a terminus point just before Julian Street. The total distance is .85 miles.
Governor Mitch Daniels’ Major Moves highway program capitalizes on Indiana’s logistical advantage as the “Crossroads of America.” The object is to build a superior road infrastructure. When complete in 2015, nearly $12 billion in critical highway projects will have been built.
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ISP closes Connersville Post
The Indiana State Police Post serving our area relocated from Rushville to Connersville in 1938. Since that time, the post known as “Old Post 6” has been a fixture south of Connersville on State Road 1.
- Labor Day signals end of summer Labor Day weekend represents the unofficial end of summer for many people. By early September, the kids are back in school, crops are maturing and soon the fall harvest will be in full swing.
- Commissioners to ban “K2” Mark Fields of the Rush County Probation office, Rush County Sheriff’ Jeff Sherwood and RCHS assistant principal Rob Hadley, representing the Local Coordinating Council, attended Monday’s county commissioner meeting and requested a countywide ban on what is marketed as a incense and known as Spice or K2.
- First Friday heating up downtown Rushville is heating up for this Friday’s “First Friday” event.
- All the ladies (not just the single ones)! The Rush County Players announce auditions for their upcoming production of The Daughters of the Lone Star State.
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Orme makes history at State Fair
What has one young lady accomplished that has never before been accomplished by a Rush County 4-H member?
- RMH Brian’s Cause walk raises $18,000 In late 2006, lifelong Rushville resident and 1981 RCHS graduate Brian Conner was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
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Board approves new attorney in RPD’s Lane firing
The Rushville Board of Public Works and Safety approved hiring outside legal counsel in the dismissal of Patrolman Chris Lane’s litigation at a special meeting Tuesday at City Hall.
- Franklin County manufacturer to expand Rubber products producer, Sperry and Rice Manufacturing Co. LLC, has announced it is expanding its manufacturing operations here, creating up to 40 new jobs by the end of 2010.
- Franklin County manufacturer to expand Rubber products producer, Sperry and Rice Manufacturing Co. LLC, has announced it is expanding its manufacturing operations here, creating up to 40 new jobs by the end of 2010.
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