Note: As
a courtesy to local motorists and in the interest of construction
site safety, this notice is delivered on BCEO letterhead to all
residents and businesses in and near the project area.
Indian Creek Road is
tentatively scheduled to close 1.3 miles north of Springfield
Road and ten feet south of Imhoff beginning Monday, September
17, 2007 for the replacement of Bridge #01.360 over Indian Creek.
Work on the project is expected to take approximately four months
to complete, weather permitting. Update: Revised opening date
for the bridge has been rescheduled for March 2008.
During this closure
detours will be posted for all thru traffic but local access
will be maintained for residents, businesses, and emergency vehicles
only from the south side (Springfield Road). There will be no
local access to Indian Creek Road from the north end of the project.
Northbound thru traffic will detour southeast on Springfield
Road, north on Ohio 732, west on Stillwell Beckett Road, and
south on Riggs Road. Southbound traffic will reverse this route.
Emergency personnel,
school bus transportation officials, the post office, and the
media have been notified of the closing. The information is also
posted on our web site at www.bceo.org/roadclosings.html.
We apologize for the
inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
The Project
This project is necessary
to replace an aging and deteriorating steel pony truss built
in 1967 with a new, safer single span post-tensioned bulb-T structure.
A contract for the project was awarded to Mainline Road and Bridge
Construction, Inc. of Beavercreek, Ohio which submitted a low
bid of $821,712. State OPWC funds will be utilized to pay for
78 percent of the construction cost. The remaining local match
amount consists of local BCEO money.
Who To Contact
While the BCEO makes
every effort to keep residents and businesses in a project area
informed, we strongly encourage you to check the Road
Closings page on our web site as the best source for possible
date and status changes concerning this closing. If you have
specific questions about the project, please contact BCEO Construction
Manager Tom Simpson at the Engineer's Office by phone or email:
785-4134 or simpsont@bceo.org.
Your Safety
The BCEO would like
to emphasize the importance of proper safety measures during
actual construction. Every precaution will be taken to make the
construction site as safe as possible. However, we do ask that
you and your family be aware of the potential hazards associated
with work areas such as this. Please advise everyone to keep
out of the construction site as much as possible to reduce the
risk of accidents.
Your assistance would
also be appreciated in reporting any instances of vandalism,
including the removal of lights, signs, or barricades. Such acts
of vandalism can seriously jeopardize the safety of motorists
and pedestrians in the construction area. Please contact our
Office or the Butler County Sheriff at 785-1300 or 424-0469 to
report any suspected vandalism.
We realize that construction
can create some inconveniences and annoyances, but everything
possible will be done to keep these to a minimum during this
project. Thanks again for your patience.
