Hi Neighbors,
Thank you for sending him emails. His response is below.
Without our cul-de-sacs, there are just over a mile of roads within our neighborhood. So, do you think I should pretty much request Hardwood Dr, Fireside Dr., Homeside Drive, Andiron Dr since they get the most traffic? We could look at trying for that matching grant program to repair sections of Andiron Way and in our cul-de-sacs.
What do you think?
Ryan Kruse, President

Hi Ryan —
I appreciate the many folks from Hearthstone who have reached out to me re the above. Please let your neighbors know I appreciate their input but will not be able to respond to everyone. (To that end, I ask that your share this message with your Hearthstone residents.)
The inventory of streets in “poor” condition (Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of 0-15) in our District 3 is a very long list. Nonetheless, I will consider your streets for submitting to DPW as part of my D3 priority list for 2022. Current street resurfacing costs run about $425,000/per mile, so the allotment of CCF funds coming to our District 3 will only scratch the surface. To assist in this process, please identify specifically the streets (block by block preferably) in Hearthstone that you believe warrant resurfacing the most.
The final decision here will be made by DPW technical/engineering staff, so I cannot make any guarantees that any of the streets in your neighborhood will be selected for next year. I keep and submit to DPW a running priority list of streets needing repaved each year that hopefully gets one or 2 knocked off each year. On a broader front, until the IN General Assembly corrects the unfair formula the State uses to apportion gas taxes (primary source of money for local roads and streets), which has resulted in Marion County historically being underfunded by nearly $75M over the last 10 years, we’ll continue to face an infrastructure challenge in Indianapolis each year. It was a small miracle that DPW was able to squeeze $25M out of the City’s budget for residential streets for next year during the current COVID pandemic.
Keep an eye out for my future Updates and Alerts that will share news about the progress of the CCF project as we move closer to next year. In the meantime, I’ll keep an eye out for your list of Hearthstone’s poorest street segments. Many thanks.

Daniel L. Boots
City-County Councillor, District 3

City of Indianapolis

200 E Washington St, T241 CCB

Indianapolis, Indiana  46204

Dan.Boots@Indy.gov

O: 317.327.4240 / F: 317.327.4230