Carmel’s 146th Street to get access to southbound Keystone Parkway . . .
At 11 a.m. on Friday, April 13, Hamilton County officials broke ground on the Lowes Way Expansion, a new ramp that will allow motorists to access southbound Keystone Parkway from 146th Street.
(From left) County Councilman Steve Schwartz, Commissioner Mark Heirbrandt, Commissioner Christine Altman, Commissioner Steve Dillinger spoke at 14598 Lowes Way, Carmel, near Koto’s Japanese Steakhouse. (Reporter photo by Jeff Jellison)
Phase I of this project will also connect the northbound Keystone Parkway ramp from 136th Street to the northbound Keystone ramp to Lowes Way/146th Street and change the existing signal at the entrance to Lowes Way to a roundabout.
Phase I will cost $10 million. Federal funds, awarded from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization, will cover approximately 48 percent of the cost. Hamilton County will cover the remaining cost with local TIF funds. Construction is scheduled to be complete October 2019.
In 2002 the County constructed a northbound off ramp from Keystone Parkway to 146th Street via Lowes Way, but improvements to US 31 between Interstate 465 and State Road 38 eliminated access to US 31/Keystone Parkway from Greyhound Pass, forcing motorists to use a more circuitous route. The first phase of this project will fix that.