37 Thrives brings big change Local road remodelling affects residens aff in ects several ways in several ways Local road remodelling residents Veda Thangudu
Veda Thangudu thangved000@hsestudents.org
thangved000@hsestudents.org
Construction continues at 146th Street-SR37 in Fishers on Sept. 27. The result would be an overpass that goes over SR 37. Photo by Veda Thangudu.
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n recent months, construction work is going on all around Fishers, mainly focused on State Road 37 (SR 37) and Interstate 69 (I-69). Initiated by Drive Fishers, it aims to make Fishers a better place in terms of traffic. “Before the construction, there were a lot of traffic problems,” City of Fishers assistant director of engineering Hatem Mekky said. “The decision of the construction came up when all of our traffic studies on how we can improve the traffic going from I-69 to the city of
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Noblesville. Based on traffic studies, designers, engineers and the mayor’s office involved, this project was initiated with partnership with the locals.” Roundabouts at SR 37 - 126th St. are the first phase of the project. It broke ground in September 2019. “There used to be a lot of backup on I-69 before, but now since 126th St. was open, you don’t see a lot of backup; you see a lot of constant flow,” Mekky said. “As the project progresses and finishes, a lot of SR 37 traffic will go smoothly from 126th St.
all the way up to 146th St. The first traffic light that they will encounter is up on Greenfield Avenue, Noblesville.” The construction at 126th St. is completed. Ongoing work at 131st, 135th and 146th Streets are scheduled to be completed by summer 2022, when the work on 146th St. would begin. “Project 37 Thrives is set up to open all of the interchanges in 2023,” Mekky said. “We are on schedule for the final project, on 141st St.; we haven’t started construction there yet. We are scheduled to advertise that in
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