DNR begins $30 Million Monon South Trail Development

[BE Mike]

So let me get this straight. I paying taxes which go towards building the trail. And now I’m gonna be helping to pay for the lawsuit because they’re building the trail.

Good that these property owners are getting compensated for the land grab. I just wish the people whose brain fart this was to make the ***damn trail, had to pay for both. Or better yet, just let the people keep their property.

IDK, at least we Hoosier taxpayers will have something tangible when its done, unlike the billons of dollars of tax money that disappear into thin air.

 

[ancjr]

IDK, at least we Hoosier taxpayers will have something tangible when its done, unlike the billons of dollars of tax money that disappear into thin air.

I'll say I'd rather the money have disappeared.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[ancjr]

They don't have a big enough jail to contain what I've seen.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Project cost is up to $70million now.

Construction continues in Orleans on Monon South Trail - WBIW

ORLEANS – Construction continues in Orleans on the beginning phase of the Monon South Trail. Once complete the trail will span nearly 60 miles through Orange,...

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[ancjr]

Project cost is up to $70million now.

Construction continues in Orleans on Monon South Trail - WBIW

ORLEANS – Construction continues in Orleans on the beginning phase of the Monon South Trail. Once complete the trail will span nearly 60 miles through Orange,...

www.wbiw.com

Likely includes some of Jeff Gahan's legal fees.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Likely includes some of Jeff Gahan's legal fees.

I'm not following...

 

[BE Mike]

I'll say I'd rather the money have disappeared.

Don't worry, you'll get both!

 

[ancjr]

I'm not following...

The Mayor of New Albany. He takes credit for the entire idea and realization of the trail. Since basking in such self aggrandizement, he has become involved in several legal battles, one of which is with the DNR over another project he assumed sovereign lordship over, all at the expense of the lowly taxpayer of course.

New Albany's mayor takes to social media to defend emergency work at Silver Creek Dam

Mayor Jeff Gahan took a defiant tone on social media on Thursday as his actions remain a mystery to city council members.

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[manifest destiny]

The Mayor of New Albany. He takes credit for the entire idea and realization of the trail. Since basking in such self aggrandizement, he has become involved in several legal battles, one of which is with the DNR over another project he assumed sovereign lordship over, all at the expense of the lowly taxpayer of course.

New Albany's mayor takes to social media to defend emergency work at Silver Creek Dam

Mayor Jeff Gahan took a defiant tone on social media on Thursday as his actions remain a mystery to city council members.

www.wdrb.com

Your link lead to other articles about this dam and the 14yo who died there. It looks rather convoluted. The parents wanted the dam removed. New Albany sued to prevent removal of the dam. The mayor declared an emergency and made "repairs" to the dam. Then the state and fed each issued a cease and desist because the mayor didn't get permits. I'm surprised I haven't noticed any mention of this on any central indiana reporting. It seems newsworthy.

The Army Corps said in a statement to WDRB the city broke federal law when it started working on the dam as it did not get a permit from the Department of the Army. "Therefore, the work that has been performed is considered an unlawful and unauthorized activity," the Army Corps said in the statement.

 

[ancjr]

Your link lead to other articles about this dam and the 14yo who died there. It looks rather convoluted. The parents wanted the dam removed. New Albany sued to prevent removal of the dam. The mayor declared an emergency and made "repairs" to the dam. Then the state and fed each issued a cease and desist because the mayor didn't get permits. I'm surprised I haven't noticed any mention of this on any central indiana reporting. It seems newsworthy.

The Army Corps said in a statement to WDRB the city broke federal law when it started working on the dam as it did not get a permit from the Department of the Army. "Therefore, the work that has been performed is considered an unlawful and unauthorized activity," the Army Corps said in the statement.

Yeah. It's a mess.

No better way to spend tax money than when one govt entity sues another.

 

[KellyinAvon]

So is the Monon Trail goin thru Saltillo and Leipsic?

 

[ancjr]

So is the Monon Trail goin thru Saltillo and Leipsic?

Yes, eventually. Wherever there were rail they intend to make a trail.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

So is the Monon Trail goin thru Saltillo and Leipsic?

All the way through bedford. Now, connecting Bedford to points north? I guess Holcomb has to leave a little money on the table for the next small government, fiscally responsible, republican governor.

 

[BE Mike]

Your link lead to other articles about this dam and the 14yo who died there. It looks rather convoluted. The parents wanted the dam removed. New Albany sued to prevent removal of the dam. The mayor declared an emergency and made "repairs" to the dam. Then the state and fed each issued a cease and desist because the mayor didn't get permits. I'm surprised I haven't noticed any mention of this on any central indiana reporting. It seems newsworthy.

The Army Corps said in a statement to WDRB the city broke federal law when it started working on the dam as it did not get a permit from the Department of the Army. "Therefore, the work that has been performed is considered an unlawful and unauthorized activity," the Army Corps said in the statement.

1. Nothing south of Indy is newsworthy to Indy media. 2. No democrat is likely to be criticized by Indy news media.

 

[Ingomike]

1. Nothing south of Indy is newsworthy to Indy media. 2. No democrat is likely to be criticized by Indy news media.

Please list the “newsworthy” events that have occurred this year south of Indy?

 

[BE Mike]

Please list the “newsworthy” events that have occurred this year south of Indy?

Nothing to see here or do here. You just stay in Indy. Unfortunately about 9,000 people have left Louisville in since 2020 and unfortunately for us most of them migrate over the river to southern Indiana.

 

[Robert Richardson]

It's been misspelled for years. It's actually the "Moron" trail.