City updates on College Avenue work, roundabouts and INDOT US 31 'level up' project; closures and detours possible
May 16, 2025 | Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana
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Jeremy (city engineering staff) briefed the Homeplace Advisory Board on multiple transportation projects affecting the neighborhood, including the College Avenue reconstruction, Orchard Park work, multi-use path planning and the INDOT US 31 “level up” project.
“One of the biggest projects going on down there is College Avenue. The College Avenue works south of 465 is currently under construction,” Jeremy said, adding the contractor is also working north of I‑465 and the city’s original timeframe aimed for completion of the southern portion around July 4. He said utility issues discovered during excavation have required coordination but that contractors are working through those conflicts.
Jeremy reported the Orchard Park contractor is “a little bit ahead of schedule” and that the city is pursuing right‑of‑way acquisition for multi‑use paths on 111th Street and Westfield Boulevard with plans to bid later this year. He said the 106th and Westfield project has been bid but remains dependent on additional utility relocations by Duke Energy, which will determine start timing.
On INDOT’s US 31 work, Jeremy said design calls for converting the median between I‑465 and 116th Street to additional travel lane(s), which requires changes to bridge piers and may mean closures of 106th Street under US 31 during construction. “We do anticipate there being some closures of A Hundred And Sixth Street under 31 during that time,” he said, and staff are analyzing maintenance‑of‑traffic strategies and detour impacts on local streets such as Illinois, Spring Mill and College.
Board members raised questions about how northbound widening and additional lanes will affect local movements and whether intersections or signals (for example at Meridian and 96th/100th corridors) will require further changes. Jeremy described continued coordination with INDOT on traffic mitigation and said some ramp and flyover reconfigurations are planned to reduce weaving and add capacity; he also cautioned that complete resolution of southbound 31 to westbound I‑465 movements depends on future work to reconstruct additional portions of I‑465.
Residents and board members also asked about pedestrian connections north of 106th to the Monon Center; Jeremy said a project for that stretch had been identified in a past bond program but no current design work is underway and that it would be re‑evaluated upon request.
No formal actions or votes were taken on construction schedules at the meeting; Jeremy and board members agreed to continue monitoring schedules and community impacts as INDOT and contractors finalize work plans.
“One of the biggest projects going on down there is College Avenue. The College Avenue works south of 465 is currently under construction,” Jeremy said, adding the contractor is also working north of I‑465 and the city’s original timeframe aimed for completion of the southern portion around July 4. He said utility issues discovered during excavation have required coordination but that contractors are working through those conflicts.
Jeremy reported the Orchard Park contractor is “a little bit ahead of schedule” and that the city is pursuing right‑of‑way acquisition for multi‑use paths on 111th Street and Westfield Boulevard with plans to bid later this year. He said the 106th and Westfield project has been bid but remains dependent on additional utility relocations by Duke Energy, which will determine start timing.
On INDOT’s US 31 work, Jeremy said design calls for converting the median between I‑465 and 116th Street to additional travel lane(s), which requires changes to bridge piers and may mean closures of 106th Street under US 31 during construction. “We do anticipate there being some closures of A Hundred And Sixth Street under 31 during that time,” he said, and staff are analyzing maintenance‑of‑traffic strategies and detour impacts on local streets such as Illinois, Spring Mill and College.
Board members raised questions about how northbound widening and additional lanes will affect local movements and whether intersections or signals (for example at Meridian and 96th/100th corridors) will require further changes. Jeremy described continued coordination with INDOT on traffic mitigation and said some ramp and flyover reconfigurations are planned to reduce weaving and add capacity; he also cautioned that complete resolution of southbound 31 to westbound I‑465 movements depends on future work to reconstruct additional portions of I‑465.
Residents and board members also asked about pedestrian connections north of 106th to the Monon Center; Jeremy said a project for that stretch had been identified in a past bond program but no current design work is underway and that it would be re‑evaluated upon request.
No formal actions or votes were taken on construction schedules at the meeting; Jeremy and board members agreed to continue monitoring schedules and community impacts as INDOT and contractors finalize work plans.
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