Reconstruction Lasher Drive Tender

Location Seymour The Indiana Department of Transportation given Seymour 7.41 million in Federal Highway Administration funding for a project to reconstruct West Second Street from Lasher Drive to the downtown area.city engineer who continues to stay involved in city projects on contract said the project will complete the West Second Street corridor.The city will have to come up with a 20 percent or 1.85 million match for a total project cost of 9.3 million.Construction isnt slated to begin until 2024.The purpose of the project is to update the corridor from Lasher Drive to Walnut Street to better accommodate for bicyclists and pedestrians traveling from Seymour High School to the downtown.Drainage structures also will be improved to prevent flooding in the area and the intersection of Community Drive will be updated with new traffic signals.New traffic signals also will be installed at the intersections of Chestnut Street and Walnut Street.The city already has completed two phases of reconstruction to West Second Street from U.S. 50 to Lasher Drive. Like those phases this project will include new sidewalks drainage gutters curbs and curb ramps that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.