BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - While progress is being made on Interstate 69, noncommittal answers about the project’s completion have local government officials frustrated.
Progress on the 22-mile section of I-69 between Bloomington and Martinsville is evident, but local government officials have not yet received an updated schedule, The (Bloomington) Herald-Times (https://bit.ly/2jVuLb0 ) reported.
Gary Vandegriff, project manager with I-69 Development Partners, said the project is currently expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2017.
However, members of the Bloomington/Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization spoke out against the Indiana Department of Transportation, the Indiana Finance Authority and I-69 Development Partners for not having an updated schedule ready this month. Planning organization members said project officials promised to provide an updated schedule two weeks after a meeting in October.
Vandegriff said the schedule for the project is still being evaluated.
“Everybody on our team is diligently working on it,” he said.
The October 2017 completion deadline is a full year after the original project completion date.
The delays seemingly stem from issues with soil tests and permit. Officials with Isolux Corsan LLC, the private company in charge of designing and building the section, said additional costs incurred from those issues resulted in cash flow problems for the company and late payments to subcontractors.
Subcontractors stopped working on at least two separate occasions during peak construction season because payments were so late.
Vandegriff said that all subcontractors are paid up to date, according to the latest information he has.
The newspaper couldn’t reach I-69 Development Partners for comment.
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Information from: The Herald Times, https://www.heraldtimesonline.com
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