INGALLS — Several roads have been repaved and resurfaced, and other work around town is getting done, as Ingalls works through its summer to-do list.
The Community Crossings state grant-funded roadwork projects were among topics discussed during August town council meetings.
Ingalls received $578,977 from the state to repair local roads this year.
The town has used some of the funding to pay for deep patch repair and resurfacing of the roads in need of maintenance, and the work is almost finished.
The last two roadways to be done were portions of west county roads 800 South and 700 South.
A portion of First Avenue next to Dollar General has been resurfaced.
Town manager Tim Millikan said he has begun work on applying for next year’s grant cycle with hopes of getting more road repair funds for 2019.
In other road-related news:
• Millikan requested the council direct police officers to tag vehicles at C&M Auto Repair, 90 W. Broadway, parked in the town’s right of way obstructing views of a stop sign.
Millikan wants the town to give notice that the cars must be removed and the right of way kept clear.
With increased traffic because of the Dollar General store, coupled with travelers unfamiliar with the area, the ongoing situation is creating a clear and present danger for traffic headed north on Alfonte Street approaching State Road 67, Millikan said.
Millikan has submitted a request to the Indiana Department of Transportation to move the current stop warning sign west to a better viewpoint and to add a second one on the left side of the intersection facing south.
He also said he plans to order and place a stop-ahead sign south of the intersection.
He’s also asking INDOT to look into the former driveway entrance to Dollar General; it falls to the ownership of the Dollar General to remove the drive and culvert and restore the ditch.
Millikan also plans to submit a study request to see if a turn lane on eastbound State Road 67 at Alfonte Street is warranted.
He is also looking into whether widening the railroad crossing road falls under a current INDOT rail grant.
• Millikan has received clarification from INDOT officials as to what signage the town is responsible for along State Road 67.
“We are responsible for street name signs, and they are responsible for warning signage,” Millikan said.
Now that he has clarification, Millikan has requested help from INDOT to work on a collapsed storm water structure at State Road 67 and Alfonte Street; an agreement to maintain a hillside parallel to the Ingalls Park and State Road 67; dead ash trees that previously fell and those in need of removal along S.R. 67, along with cleaning out limbs from ditches.
Under parks and recreation business, Millikan informed town leaders the town does not need a fireworks permit to set off over-the-counter fireworks. A permit is required only if it hires a professional crew that uses a certain grade of firework.
Under code enforcement issues, several notices for grass and weeds, storing of household items outdoors and accumulated rubbish both in town and in Prairie Hollow have been sent out since the nuisance ordinance was amended.
All have complied to date with the exception of abandoned properties, Millikan said.
In other business, the town has two Board of Zoning Appeals hearings planned, during which it will discuss a business at 180 E. Broadway for a beauty salon in a C-2 zone and adding a detached garage in a C-1 zone at 301 N. Meridian.