An overpass at Vernal Pike is under constriution in May 2016 as Ind. 37 is coverted to I-69. Staff photo by Chris Howell
All of the private and public partners involved in the construction of Interstate 69 Section 5 have committed to complete the project and have the road open by Oct. 31, 2017.
“The road will be built,” Jim Stark, director of public-private partnership for the Indiana Finance Authority, told members of the Bloomington/Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee Friday afternoon. “We understand there have been some delays and the schedule is behind.”
Stark, who said all entities involved — including contractor Isolux Corsan, the Indiana Department of Transportation, I-69 Development Partners and the IFA — agreed to have the road open by the end of next October in a meeting Thursday.
He added that the partners know the reality of the situation.
“Meeting that target will not be easy,” Stark said.
The new target is the most recent in a string of delays for a project that originally was supposed to be completed this month.
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