Shelby

What did Congressman Burton do for Shelby County?                                       

1)    Road Reconstruction from the intersection of County Road 500E and US 52 to the intersection of County Road 500E and County Road 1200N - $1 Million
The 8 mile project will redesign and improve a critical connector between US 40 and US 52. Hancock & Shelby Counties, as well as the Town of Morristown consider this project critical to meeting their future transportation and economic development needs.  The current road configuration is substandard in lane and shoulder width making side-by-side travel extremely difficult and dangerous.

2)    Reconstruction of existing County Roads 400N, 835W and 525N - $1 Million
The project resurfaces and widens CR 400N, CR825W and CR 525N.  A further stage of the project, not funded by this request, would replace Bridge 49 in Sugar Creek Township.  All three roads are primary connector roads for the Town of Fairland and North Shelby County to Greenwood as well as serving as critical alternate routes for Interstate traffic during periods of heavy congestion or emergencies.  The existing roads lack safety shoulders, have substandard sight distances – particularly around bridge 49, and are currently too narrow for large farm equipment to travel side-by-side or pass under the bridge.  The project has already been allocated $12,000 from the Shelby County Local Road and Street Fund, and another $63,000 from the local Community Bridge Fund.

3)    Snow Storm Recovery
As he has done several times in the past few years when tragedy has struck our State, Congressman Burton, as Dean of the House delegation, is bringing together Indiana’s Senators and bipartisan House delegation to send a letter to President Bush asking him to approve and expedite Governor Daniel’s request for federal assistance to help disaster stricken Hoosier communities affected by the recent snow storm recover.

Shelby County Leaders support Dan Burton

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