Keystone project takes shape

If this works, and I believe it will, Fishers and the State need to do the same thing on 37 between 126th and 146th!

There will be a lot of disruption during construction but I and my neighbors see the long term benefits. Thanks Mayor Brainard and your perseverance to make the Keystone project happen. All of Indiana and beyond are watching.

Ok, we are going to lower Keystone. Will that be ok when it snows are rains hard? Are we going to have a safety hazard as people slow down for the dip? Why don't you raise 106th and 126th st. Instead of lowering Keystone? Sounds like this is turning into a boondoggle.

There's a cemetery on the Southeast corner of 106th. This should be interesting.

This will will set the tone that Indiana is no longer just hicks and cornfields but a can be a leader.

Apparently no public input will be allowed for this project. From the article we'll just be shown a pretty picture and that will have to suffice. Businesses and citizens will have to fend for themselves. This is going to be a mess for the next four to five years. This is not how a project such as this should progress. There are tried and true time lines for making a project a success and it starts with making sure the public is well informed and businesses understand what the impact to their revenue will be.

Imagine 116th street and Carmel Drive closed at Keystone for at least a year, probably more. How can Carmel handle that? How will businesses survive? These are questions that should be answered.

What about the environmental considerations? There are several environmentally sensitive areas and floodplains that the project will impact. Has the city gotten the necessary permits from the federal and state agencies that regulate these areas? Have there been any environmental impact studies completed?

The citizens need to know the total project costs before construction begins on the first two interchanges. If the costs are greater than the benefit, then the project needs to be retooled. To say that cost estimates are not available at this time is just not true. Any and every project analysis includes cost estimates.

The city's strategy for getting this done is pretty smart. Build the first two that will have the least impact on travel and cost the least so in the future, no matter the cost nor inconvenience, the rest must be completed, at least that sure looks like what is going on according to what the city said in the article.

Poltergeist wrote:

There's a cemetery on the Southeast corner of 106th. This should be interesting.

My husband talked to the major because we live a 131st and Keystone. The major said he would not touch the cemetery because it would be to exspensive to move. That would eat into his 90 million dollar budget and he did not want to do that. We are just setting back and waiting to see if he all the things he told my husband are true.

Soccer Mom wrote:

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My husband talked to the major because we live a 131st and Keystone. The major said he would not touch the cemetery because it would be to exspensive to move. That would eat into his 90 million dollar budget and he did not want to do that. We are just setting back and waiting to see if he all the things he told my husband are true.

Did he have anything to say about respect for the dead?

106th Street Resident wrote:

There will be a lot of disruption during construction but I and my neighbors see the long term benefits. Thanks Mayor Brainard and your perseverance to make the Keystone project happen. All of Indiana and beyond are watching.

I agree, looking forward to a shorter drive time to work in Indy.

Hope it works...but after watching the 116th Street expansion, I do have major doubts.

What will this do to property values in my neighborhood, Williamson Run? We bought in here to reduce my husband's commute time and because 106th street was one of the quieter main streets. Now with traffic and construction, my property value is sure to plumment. How about lowering our taxes? Yeh right. We paid $350,000 for our house 3 years ago. We would be lucky to get $290,000 for it now and with all that road noise.....I am not thrilled with this project.

Concerned Carmel resident

131 and Keystone wrote:

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I agree, looking forward to a shorter drive time to work in Indy.

You'll just get to 96th faster and sit and wait in the same traffic you always have.

106th Street Resident wrote:

There will be a lot of disruption during construction but I and my neighbors see the long term benefits. Thanks Mayor Brainard and your perseverance to make the Keystone project happen. All of Indiana and beyond are watching.

Do you really think all of Indiana and beyond give a hoot about this project? The comments from the shills on here are always amusing.

There's going to be a lot more than just disruption.

106th st resident wrote:

What will this do to property values in my neighborhood, Williamson Run? We bought in here to reduce my husband's commute time and because 106th street was one of the quieter main streets. Now with traffic and construction, my property value is sure to plumment. How about lowering our taxes? Yeh right. We paid $350,000 for our house 3 years ago. We would be lucky to get $290,000 for it now and with all that road noise.....I am not thrilled with this project.
Concerned Carmel resident

Tell the truth. 106th is always backed up at the light at Keystone during rush hour in the morning. The new construction will fix this. Williamsom Run residents can use 98th or 96th Street to get Keytsone South. The biggest factor affecting your homes values in Williamson Run is the fact that most were built by the CP Morgan and are inferior in construction. 106th will only be closed one constuction season.

106th St - Improvements like this in the Dallas area whether to the road system or the new Dart rail system have had the opposite effect. Homes located in closer-in suburbs with better transportation access have gone up, not down in value as people are looking to reduce commuting times due to the cost of gas.

Round-abouts everywhere. Townhomes lining the streets left and right. Full-sized 18-wheelers banned on major roads.

Did I miss London's Relocation to Central Indiana and it's name-change to Carmel?

Get Real wrote:

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Tell the truth. 106th is always backed up at the light at Keystone during rush hour in the morning. The new construction will fix this. Williamsom Run residents can use 98th or 96th Street to get Keytsone South. The biggest factor affecting your homes values in Williamson Run is the fact that most were built by the CP Morgan and are inferior in construction. 106th will only be closed one constuction season.

106th St. Resident bought a $330K CP Morgan house? What?? Is that high price even possible for a CP Morgan big box house, even in Carmel?

106th st. is a great route between Carmel and Fishers - hopefully, the Keystone project will only improve 106th and Keystone. But I don't see how that cemetary won't be impacted.

Look at that giant noggin, it's huge! I bet you can see it from space. Wow, what a Cranium, too bad it's empty.

Soccer Mom wrote:

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My husband talked to the major because we live a 131st and Keystone. The major said he would not touch the cemetery because it would be to exspensive to move. That would eat into his 90 million dollar budget and he did not want to do that. We are just setting back and waiting to see if he all the things he told my husband are true.

Good plan because it's not like he's ever lied to anyone in this town for his own personal gain before./sarcasm..

Just because you paid $350K for a crappy house don't blame me. If you can get $290K now, jump on it. I don't care because I'm in Westfield now. People can drive through your roundabouts to get to my next project.