The Columbus City Council gave its final approval of a $10 million dollar payment to INDOT for the downtown overpass project during it’s meeting Tuesday night. The project will take traffic into downtown over the railroad tracks at State Road 11 and Jonathan Moore Pike. The city initially approved the payment last month, but a re-vote was required as the second vote wasn’t properly advertised. Mayor Jim Lienhoop adds that there’s been a change in the payment deadline as well, as the city had nothing in writing from INDOT approving the timeline for the project…
Lienhoop says that deadline for payment has since been extended to February 15. Despite the change, the mayor says that the construction project won’t be delayed. The overpass is estimated to cost $30 million with the city and its partners picking up half of the cost.
City Council approved the measure on a vote of 5-0.