BURROWS — Local residents gathered in Burrows last week to discuss details of the Hoosier Heartland.
Among those wanting to learn more was Dean Berkshire, a rural Burrows resident who often travels the Carroll County roads that will undergo major changes once the new highway is built. A couple of specifics about the project surprised him.
Berkshire learned that construction would not begin in the Burrows area until the spring of 2012.
“I thought it was going to be sooner than that,” he said after the meeting.
The $5.5 million for the approach for a future connection with Ind. 75 also surprised Berkshire.
Last year, the Indiana Department of Transportation agreed to include the connection after negotiations with Carroll County officials, who intend on extending the highway from Camden to the new four-lane highway between Rockfield and Burrows.
Other concerns addressed at the meeting included the loss of all access points between Burrows and Clymers and how many more seasons farmers losing land to the highway would be able to plant crops. Some also had questions regarding the appraisal process.
Berkshire said he considered the meeting beneficial. Many people still do not have a full grasp of the project but meetings like those organized by the strategic planning group Carroll County at the Crossroads help to bridge the gap, he said.
“All in all, I thought it was a pretty good meeting,” Berkshire said.
INDOT has reported that the four-lane highway will be the size of U.S. 31. It will be limited access, which means many county roads that now cross Ind. 25 will become either dead-end roads or overpasses. Burrows and Rockfield will each have two exits from the highway.
Berkshire drives 900 North into Burrows and 225 West into Rockfield regularly but since both will tie into the highway, the changes will not affect him much, he says.
Berkshire travels to Logansport and Lafayette on a regular basis so he is looking forward to a wider roadway.
“I’m tired of the wrecks and the hold-ups,” he said. “I’m looking forward to it being opened, that’s for sure.”
• Kevin Lilly is news editor of the Pharos-Tribune. He can be reached at 574-732-5117 or kevin.lilly@pharostribune.com.
Want to know more?
• Another informational meeting regarding the Hoosier Heartland is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the armory on Armory Road in Delphi. Indiana Department of Transportation officials will be available to answer questions at the meeting, which was organized by the strategic planning group Carroll County at the Crossroads.
• Heartland information online: Maps and other information regarding the Hoosier Heartland can be found online at http://bit.ly/4HdPSj
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ROAD KNOWLEDGE: Dean Berkshire and Barb Julien, both residents of rural Burrows, look over photos, maps and other information regarding the Hoosier Heartland during a meeting at the Burrows Fire Station last week. P-T photo | Angi Turnpaugh
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CROWDED ROOM: More than 50 people gathered inside the Burrows Fire Station for an informational meeting organized by the strategic planning group Carroll County at the Crossroads. P-T photo | Angi Turnpaugh
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