City Councilor Cain, and GHPOA President Meet with City Officials to Discuss Street Paving
Jan 22nd, 2009 by Tom Britt
Thanks to the efforts of our city Councilor Ginny Cain, she and Jonathan West, President of the GHPOA, met with Larry Jones and Warner Anderson , the lead engineers for the Department of Public Works for the city of Indianapolis. The GHPOA Board members representing neighborhoods in Indianapolis have jointly established a long-term paving prioritization schedule for streets in our neighborhoods. The plan was established based on current street conditions and traffic utilization. This priority list was presented to the city officials at a meeting held on January 12, 2009 in the Public Works office.
Most of the GHPOA streets were originally installed in the early 1990s and are nearing the end of their useful life. With Ginny Cain’s help, one of the older, high traffic streets in Beam Reach was paved in 2008 as the first of this long-term project. City officials cautioned the budgets are extremely tight but are appreciative the GHPOA Board was able to provide a priority list. They also discussed the long-term need to consider improvements to the 79th/82nd Street corridor to Hague Road.
With budget resources being tight in Indianapolis, GHPOA President West believes the plan to repave GHPOA streets will take years; however the meeting is a good first step to build their awareness of the repaving needs of the GHPOA community.
With the onset of pothole season, neighbors are encouraged to report potholes to their GHPOA Board members. The city officials also noted the Mayor’s Action Line is in the process of being upgraded to allow more prompt reporting of potholes.
