A slight change was made Wednesday to the proposed Veterans Day Parade route.
Jason Black with the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post told members of the Crawfordsville Board of Public Works & Safety that the Indiana Department of Transportation denied a request from parade organizers to close a portion of Washington Street on Nov. 11. Black said the state did not want to close the Washington Street that day because the holiday falls on a Friday and increased traffic is expected.
The revised parade route will begin near the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, proceed down East Main Street, turn south at Green Street, and continue to East Pike Street, where it will turn east and head back toward the museum.
The parade is set to begin following the annual Veterans Day service at 11 a.m. at the Mary Canine Plaza in downtown Crawfordsville.
In other business, the board:
• Approved a request from Jennifer Collins to close the sidewalk at 122 W. Main St. during the duration of repairs at that location.
• Approved a request from Just Because Flowers to block two parking spaces in front of the business at 210 E. Market St. from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday to allow a vendor to park there during the shop’s fifth-anniversary celebration. The celebration takes place 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Approved a request by Pedro Sanchez to place a dumpster near 113 E. Pike St. beginning Friday and continuing through Monday. The dumpster will be located on the Green Street side of the property.
• Approved a request from Scott Hesler to place temporary no parking signs along Franklin Street from Washington Street to Green Street along the east bound lane to allow contractors to replace the sidewalk there following a water line repair. Hesler said the parking restrictions may become permanent, but that requires approval from the full city council.
• Approved two invoices from Spear Corp. for the wastewater project in the amounts of $37,227 and $11,005.
• Gave approval for city crews to mow the back yard at 413 Wilson Ave., which is owned by Tammy Neier.
• Conducted a final public hearing for the OCRA Utility Planning Grant, which provided the city with $60,000 to study waste water and sewer water needs for the next 5-10 years. Representatives from Kleinpeter Consulting Group and Commonwealth Engineers gave brief presentations. No action was taken.
