Paving on Owl Creek Road started last week, kicking off three weeks of scheduled road improvements on four other county roads.
Crews were scheduled to go out on Owl Creek Road starting Aug. 25, but the start date was delayed a day because the contractor, E&B Paving, could not get enough trucks out to pave. Paving was scheduled to continue over last weekend.
In June, the Brown County Commissioners awarded E&B Paving a contract for $3,118,771 to pave portions of the following county roads: Lanam Ridge Road (4.15 miles); Woodland Lake Road (2 miles); Hurdle Road (2 miles); Spearsville Road (2 miles); Three Story Hill Road (3.4 miles); Parkview Road (1 mile); Hornettown Road (3.5 miles); and Owl Creek Road (2.5 miles).
From Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 paving will happen on Lanam Ridge Road. Hornettown Road is scheduled to be paved from Sept. 6 to 9.
Spearsville Road will be paved from Hurdle Road north to the Peoga/Bean Blossom roads intersection starting on Sept. 10 and concluding Sept. 13. Finally, Hurdle Road will be paved from Sept. 15 to 17.
Dates for the paving of Woodland Lake, Three Story Hill and Parkview roads will be scheduled later this year, according to Highway Superintendent Mike Magner
Paving of those eight county roads is funded by local sources. The commissioners also budgeted $800,000 out of the $3 million capital improvement loan that was approved last year to help with paving costs this year.
Once paving is complete, it will bring the number of roads paved in the county this summer to seven.
Late last month paving began on Clay Lick Road and once completed Milestone Contractors crews paved Helmsburg Road, which wrapped up this month.
Paving Helmsburg and Clay Lick roads is funded by the Indiana Department of Transportation’s $1 million Community Crossings grant the county was awarded late last year. The grant requires a match of 25% of the money awarded, up to $1 million.
Over in the Town of Nashville, crews were set to start a striping east and west Main streets mid-morning on Aug. 29, weather pending. All parking in the area was blocked so the striping could be be done. Once an area was completed, spaces were reopened.
More striping is scheduled to take place and the town administration will update as the projects are scheduled.
