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City updates transportation
plan, proposes area changes
By Jamie Teibel
Summer
Editor
The city of Lafayette is already planning for the
year 2025.
The updated Transportation Plan for 2025, adopted
Wednesday, includes: construction of the Hoosier Heartland Industrial
Corridor route from Lafayette to Fort Wayne; the extension of McCarty
Lane over the Interstate; the construction of US 231 to I-65 and SR
43; the extension of Cumberland; Tapawingo Drive both north and south
of SR 26; Twyckenham Boulevard; CR 500S; and Park East Boulevard. Also
included in the proposal are the widening projects such as SR 26 east
of US 52, SR 43 north of I-65, I-65, SR 25 (Teal Road) and US 231 south
of CR 500S.
Jim Hawley, executive director of the Tippecanoe
County Area Plan Commission, said the plan, which has to be updated
every five years, ensures all new projects are eligible for federal
funds.
He said the commission updates the plans based
on population growth. "In the year 2000 the population of Lafayette
was 138,955. We project the population to add (roughly) 45,000 in 2025,"
he said.
The expansion of the main roads is due to the continued
growth in employment and retail development, making Lafayette a major
regional attraction.
Hawley said these plans are adopted now "to
alleviate problems in the future."
One solution proposed in the Transportation Plan
would solve the congestion of the intersection of SR 26 and US 52 by
allowing right-turning vehicles to continue to use the existing intersection,
while all left-turning vehicles are to be directed to a secondary elevated
intersection.
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(765) 743-1111
ext. 250
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Heather Mangold
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