Construction Update

Thanks for your continued patience and support! It is a heavy construction season in downtown Indianapolis as our city completes a number of infrastructure improvements. The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick has three corridors under construction. When we're done our residents and visitors will enjoy this one-of-a-kind bike trail and pedestrian path. Here's where we're working:

CAPITOL AVE. & ALABAMA ST. SPURS:

Construction is about complete. Decorative thermo-plastic crosswalks are one of the remaining items to be installed. Installation should occur in the coming weeks.

SOUTHEAST CORRIDOR (Virginia Ave.):

--Curbs and concrete paver base at the corner of Pennsylvania and Washington are complete.

--Construction of the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk Monument should begin shortly at the corner of Washington, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

--VIRGINIA AVE BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA & DELAWARE TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS: As of June 1, the one-block section of Virginia Ave that runs in front of areas such as the 500 Festival Building and Allen Plaza will be closed to southbound traffic. Traffic will be allowed to travel one-way north ONLY.

--Perpendicular parking on the north side of Virginia between Pennsylvania and Delaware will be changed to angled parking during construction. There will be no parking on the south side of Virginia between Pennsylvania and Delaware during construction.

--Concrete paver base completed on the corner of Delaware and Virginia before the entrance to the Virginia Ave garage.

--We will be working on paver base along New Jersey Street.

--Non-trail side sidewalk and curb ramps at South and Fletcher are complete.

--Utilities are being relocated from South to the Interstate.

--Interstate to Fountain Square has some utility relocation work happening and foundations are being placed.

--PROSPECT STREET CLOSING: Due to hydrant relation work, Prospect Street will be closing on Monday, June 6. The closing was anticipated to last through Thursday the 9th, but corrections of unforeseen conditions will last at least through June 17. A detour route has been posted.

--WOODLAWN AVE: Traffic on Woodlawn Ave will be affected in the coming days and week by relocation work being done by AT&T.

--We will be working on water line and fire hydrant relocations throughout the project area.

CENTRAL CORRIDOR (Washington St.)

--Removal of existing facilities from Alabama to Meridian

--Utility relocations in the removal areas. Most of this work will be telecommunication companies.

--Steam line relocation between IRT and Claypool Court

--IPL electrical work in manholes from Illinois to the west

WEST CORRIDOR (Blackford St.)

--Pre-Construction Kick Off Meeting held May 18, 2011

--Maintenance of Traffic signage is installed

--Removal of existing facilities has begun between Indiana Ave. & New York

--The contractor is working on storm sewer construction.

--Grading has begun at Indiana & New York.

--Utilities working on Blackford at Michigan, Vermont, and New York streets. 

West Corridor Public Meeting

 The Indianapolis Cultural Trail team and IUPUI are hosting a public meeting for stakeholders and the general public who are interested in learning more about the construction of the West Corridor (Blackford St.). Please join us and feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.

WHEN: Thursday, June 16, 2011, noon to 1pm

WHERE: IUPUI Library, 755 W. Michigan St., Room 1126

Visitor parking is available in the North Street Parking garage located at 819 W. North Street.

Directions are as follows:
· Take Michigan Street west to Blake Street turn right. (This street is just east of the University Place Hotel/Conference Center.
· Turn right on North Street and then make an immediate right into the North Street Parking Garage. Visitor parking is available there.
· Go to the 2nd floor and take the skywalk over to the Bus/SPEA building.
· Walk down the long corridor to the central corridor.
· Go through the double glass doors and turn left. This leads you into the Library.
· You may take the stairs or elevator to the first floor. Room 1126 is on the north side of the stairs.

Lincoln Peace Walk Memorial Installed

Construction of the first Glick Peace Walk “ambassador” garden is nearing completion at the corner of Washington Street and Capitol Avenue. Designed in honor of Abraham Lincoln, the garden features components identical to those of the main Peace Walk – located on West Walnut Street – including a stainless steel monument, etched glass portrait, terrazzo plaza and interpretive sign that detail significant events in Lincoln’s life. Final programming of the lighting display remains to be completed. Construction of the Martin Luther King Jr. garden will begin soon at the corner of Virginia Avenue and Washington Street.

Executive Director Hired for Indianapolis Cultural Trail, Inc.

Indianapolis Cultural Trail, Inc. named Kären Haley as the organization's first Executive Director. Once construction of the Cultural Trail is complete, Kären and the board of directors, will be responsible for marketing, managing, and maintaining the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Prior to joining Indianapolis Cultural Trail, Inc. she served as the first Director of the Office of Sustainability for the City of Indianapolis.

During construction, please continue to contact members of the Cultural Trail Design & Management Team. Their contact information is as follows:

For general information about the Cultural Trail and to learn more about the trail's public art projects contact Mindy Taylor Ross, 317.809.0403, artstrategies@me.com.

For general construction questions, please contact Mark Zwoyer, 317.780.7169, mzwoyer@rwa.com. 

To contact the construction administrators/inspectors who are out on the job sites daily, use the following:

Southeast Corridor: Brian Andres, 317.407.3760, bandres@rwa.com

Central Corridor: Greg Broz, 317.383.1196, gbroz@rwa.com

West Corridor: Samer Butros, 317.407.5543, sbutros@rwa.com

For other Cultural Trail related matters, call 317.713.3333 or visit www.IndyCulturalTrail.org.