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Table of Contents ..............4 Attachments Section ............ .................................... 33-37 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ....................................55-61 Recycling Section ......67-83 Auction Section ..........87-95 Business Calendar ............89 Advertisers Index ............94
For years, Franklin, Ind.’s Jefferson Street was in dire need of revitalization. With population growth, new commercial businesses moving in and the vexing issue of traffic, it goes with saying that the old Jefferson Street needed a new lease on life. Following a 2013 legal agreement between the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and the city of Franklin, Ind., in which INDOT relinquished its Jefferson Street construction responsibilities, Franklin city leaders gained complete control of all phases of construction. With this control, these leaders quickly initiated work on the Jefferson Street revitalization project. At a cost of nearly $20 million, it is the city’s most expensive infrastructure project to-date. INDOT spokesman Harry Maginity said his department didn’t get directly involved in the construction project or in any issues that were part of the project. The relinquishment agreement released INDOT from all responsibilities relating to construction, thereby handing all responsibilities
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All of the machines being used on this project are owned by Dave O’Mara Construction Inc.
over to the city of Franklin and ultimately giving them the greenlight to begin work. “We don’t have a lot to do with it,” Maginity said. “We handle all of the federal funds, and we have
oversight abilities to see if it is being done right and compliant with federal standards.” He added that the federal funding for the project totals 80 percent and the remaining 20 percent is locally funded.
The work will be completed in nine phases; currently, the project is in phases five and six. Phase seven will commence sometime this year, and phases eight and nine will start see JEFFERSON page 54
Utility Proposes Gas Pipeline Near Foxconn Site MILWAUKEE (AP) An electric utility company is asking for regulatory approval to build a $196 million gas pipeline near the Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing complex in southeastern Wisconsin. We Energies filed documents last week with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission seeking approval for the nearly 50-mile pipeline, The Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel reported. The pipeline will “increase the quantity and reliability of natural gas service,” the utility said. The pipeline was planned before the Foxconn project, but the company has accelerated its timeline, said Amy Jahns, a spokeswoman for the utility. “Specifically, right now the (Wisconsin
Department of Transportation) is doing some road work, and so we are accelerating our timetable to coordinate with the DOT,” Jahns said. There are two different routes proposed for the project, though both would start in La Grange and end just west of the Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant. Both options could cover see PIPELINE page 30