Rowland
Crider
Kirchhofer
State Representative Cindy Kirchhofer and State Senator Michael Crider recently sent letters urging the Indianapolis City-County Council to investigate potential ownership issues with the conversion of the Nickel Plate Railroad to a walking/biking trail.
In his letter, Crider requests the Council’s support in protecting the City of Indianapolis’ interests in relation to the Nickel Plate Railroad, calling it a “time-sensitive issue.”
Elected government officials from Hamilton County and Indianapolis, such as Noblesville Common Council Member Mary Sue Rowland, are getting involved and saying they didn’t have a vote in the process. Rowland says that almost none of the elected officials from Noblesville were involved in pushing plans for the trail forward.
Local citizen action group Save the Nickel Plate, with more than 11,000 supporters, will be making a major announcement next week. Supporters plan to rally at the Statehouse at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
SAVE THE TRAIN!…. We can have TRAILS AND RAILS!… Dont let this RARE asset be wasted. This asset makes Marion and Hamilton county and north a DESTINATION. Imagine light rail service from Indianapolis north to Tipton and beyond. Right through to of the most populated and growing counties in the state!
We want the Nichol Plate Railroad and the Train to be saved and utilized for a dinner train, Special Events for Commercial Companies, Fun events for families at Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter and a great way to ride to the Indian State Fair!! Please don’t let the train to be cancelled!! If the train is publicized in our surrounding states like Conner Prairie is, this could be a great revenue source for Noblesville, Hamilton County and Indiana! PLEASE SAVE OUR TRAIN!!! Respectfully, Thomas E. & Edna M. Brinker
TRAIN please keep me up to date
Clearly Fishers and Noblesville have motives for ripping up the tracks south of Noblesville, which has nothing to do with a trail, otherwise they would jump at the chance to have both a rail AND trail south of town which studys have shown is completely feasible. Hopefully now the real intentions of the city’s destruction of the railroad south of Noblesville can be brought public, and those responsible held accountable for their deceit to the very people who elected them.
What a shame to throw a great piece of history away!
So much went on behind closed doors and the public knew nothing about it. I pray we get to keep the tracks to run the Nickel Plate train running the full length from Indy to the north!
This valuable piece of history should have been preserved and utilized, not removed like some parasite. Where was the input from the public, such as an option to vote on this topic in the primaries? Unfortunately I am one of many who will have to work Tuesday and will not be able to attend the rally.
SO MUCH DECEIT!!!!!!The truth will come out….Get ready mayor Fadness….
I don’t know what motivated John Ditslear and Steven Cook (Noblesville) except maybe a desire to be like Fishers and Carmel.
If you take a look at what is planned for the Fishers side of 96th Street where the tracks cross, there is an intent to have a large development project. While the project certainly could coexist with the tracks (and train) apparently the folks behind that project didn’t want to. Scott Fadness (Fishers) appears to have bought into their idea completely. Even more than Mayor Ditslear, Mayor Fadness wants to be like Carmel. They have the Monon Trail – he wants this.
Both Fishers and Noblesville are ignoring the unique opportunities provided by the Nickel Plate RAILROAD. There are plenty of trails in the area (and there could be a rail with trail solution here). There are no other similar historical rail routes anywhere near this area. This trail only idea makes as much sense as bulldozing the entire downtown Noblesville square (including the old courthouse and sheriff’s house) and putting up “historic” new buildings to make downtown like Carmel. When you have the real thing why settle for something less?
Fishers and Noblesville are planning to raise our taxes to pay for this trail scam, that absolutely nobody I’ve spoke with wants. Scott Fadness, Steve Cooke, John Ditsler, Brenda Meyers, and Christine Altman should all be investigated,as they surely will be, and certainly removed from the positions they currently hold. THESE are the swamp that needs draining.
Pave the trail! Don’t let the loudest yellers bully.
With hundreds of miles of trails already in Hamilton County, why on earth do we need another? Why should I have to pay more in taxes for a linear crime zone? Just ask anyone who lives on the Monon about the massive crime issues that the city chooses not to talk about. This is the biggest scam to ever hit Hamilton County. Thankfully, the elections are near.
The loudest yellers? lol The only yellers. Support for the trail is minuscule compared to support for keeping the train, which grows even larger as people learn they could actually have BOTH. Besides “FishersRunner” where do you expect to run TO?! You don’t still believe the lie that this trail would connect across 146th and continue into downtown Noblesville do you? Noblesville has admitted all along that such plans are at least seven years away. Now they’re publicly admitting they have NO PLANS at all to build the trail, saying it may NEVER be built. But don’t pay attention to me I’m just another “bully”.