Woods Edge opposes transportation facility

I will fully admit I am not a appraiser but I cannot believe that the 30 acres appraised for 63,333.00 a acre. Something is WRONG with those figures to say the least. Second where they are wanting to put the Bus Facility has only 2 ways to get the buses on the road, either the four way stop sign by the Middle School or cutting down Martinsville to Bloomington. Both stop sign areas are already traffic tie ups at certain times of the day. If they put the Bus Barn where they are saying the Southern Highway will be at a stand still and most likely require the Police to be there morning and afternoons stopping all traffic till all buses get onto the road. Avon is in a bad location and there they have the Police flagging stopping all traffic on SR267 twice a day.

To Trying Hard; simply to inform you, the total they quoted was $2,000,000 for the property and the construction of the entire facility as their plan now states. I was assured that the house I was buying here was built in the first stage of 3 home neighborhood sections, and that Wood's Edge would soon be a beautiful housing area, safe for my children and grandchildren. I am to be affected by this nearby development, both with heavy traffic and noise of engines running all night to prevent freezing. And no matter what the people trying to force it upon us say, they ALWAYS go over-budget, and have not even included the road rebuilding costs that will have to occur immediately after they start running the many busses down one street, out and back, twice a day. Then this will force the added cost of a traffic light to replace the 4 way stop sign at Veterans Highway and Zinc Mill Rd. And land seized from the homeowners to build sidewalks lining those busier streets, and to widen the road. And those costs WILL raise our taxes, as we locals have to pay for the results of their bad decisions. A suggestion was made for the Corporation to consider the road frontage farmland just east of the Wal-mart store, where the busses would use the existing traffic light. Also a suggestion was made for them to consider 1/2 mile east, the next crossroad of Veterans Memorial Highway (240), So. County Rd. 100 E., as it is the road between Walmart Distribution Center and Heartland Automotive, as it would not effect local traffic and has mostly been improved and used for heavy truck traffic. The property just south of Walmart Distribution has been for sale for many years, at a much lower price and many more acres for future use by our Police, Fire, and City Services, which have needed to grow and will soon because of the new expansion of housing we are seeing in the area. Indianapolis workers and homebuilders are moving this way, and we must be prepared for the changes when they come soon, by pre-assigning a large piece of land where there will be a secure facility for all of the City's future needs, not just piecemeal purchases for a small growth of only one County service. The School Board did not consider the taxpayers in the past with their approval of Dr.Green's multi-million dollar suggestion to add $20,000 to the "Retirement" bonus to teachers and administrators, just after the newspaper had told of his choosing a new position with a school system in another state. When they are not retiring, just moving away to other employment or just quitting and some even coming back to work immediately in the same schools or positions they were in. And this is another School Board with too much power and control over wasting our hard-earned tax money, which will not even consider the future costs of it's actions.

Alfri- I hear what you are saying and I can agree with you- However I will admit I did not attend the meeting so I am only going by what the Banner article states and it uses the word "purchase" not "project" so are they wanting to pay 1.9 million for the land? If that is for the total project then I challenge GCSC to print the land purchase price.

I believe they opened the door for public knowledge regarding the pricing on the land as well as the project when they quoted the 1.9 million price tag in n open meeting

Does the city of greencastle already own several acres out by walmart and the airport? At least thats what beacon shows

Why not use the so called "Dinosaur" that was built for industry to move into, that is on Fillmore road, west of the T? That should still be in the city perimeters, and there is a large building already there.