WARSAW — An intense one-week period of road work begins today in downtown Warsaw.

Norfolk Southern Railroad will begin construction on east-west RR crossings on Center and Main streets, which is expected to continue through Friday. 

Detours are set up for both roads.

Work on the crossings is being done simultaneously to perform this work as quickly as possible. 

Motorists should expect some delays, but city officials say the crossings are greatly needed and necessary.

The other project

Another new road project also begins Monday. Public Works Superintendent Dustin Dillon said the work on four downtown road segments will be done in phases.

The first phase will begin Monday on Center Street from North Detroit Street to Indiana Street, just west of the RR project.

After the Center Street work, crews will then focus jointly on Lake and Main streets before shifting to Fort Wayne Street.

Dillon said he expects the work will be completed on Monday, Oct. 26. 

Work on Lake Street will stretch from Center to Main streets.

Work on Main Street will be from Lake to Buffalo streets.

Work on Fort Wayne Street will stretch from Detroit to Buffalo streets.

The city is offering free parking in a lot on the southeast corner of Indiana and Main streets to help offset the temporary removal of parking spots along some of the roads.

The combination of projects starting at the same time came after the railroad company notified the city of its plans to do the work at a specific time.

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WARSAW — Two significant but unrelated road projects are set to begin Monday in Warsaw.

One involves two railroad crossings on the east edge of the downtown, and the other will entail pavement projects on four roads in the heart of the downtown.

Below are recaps of what to expect.

Railroad Crossing projects

Norfolk Southern Railroad plans to begin repairs to railroad crossings at Center Street and Main Street on Monday.

The work will consist of removing poor subgrade, replacing the subgrade, replacing rails, and ultimately new HMA asphalt at each of the crossings.

Both Center Street and Main Street railroad crossings will be closed simultaneously to perform this work as quickly and effectively as possible. 

Closures are expected to continue through Friday, Oct. 24

A detour route will direct Center Street traffic south on Scott Street to Winona Avenue west to Detroit Street. Main Street traffic will be able to use Park Avenue to travel north or south.

The city says that motorists will likely experience some delays, but repairs of the crossings are greatly needed and necessary.

Road work ahead

Road improvements to four segments of downtown streets will begin Monday.

Road segments include:

• Center Street (From Detroit Street to Indiana Street)
• Lake Street (From Center Street to Main Street)
• Main Street (From Lake Street to Buffalo Street)
• Fort Wayne Street (From Detroit Street to Buffalo Street)

The scope of the work will include the milling, full-depth patching, and paving of the road segments, the city said.

Each will be milled, patched, and paved before the next road segment is started.

Lake Street and Main Street will be done simultaneously.

A news release from the city did not say which work will be done first.

There will be some temporary lane restrictions and road closures on the segments during construction. Some parking stalls will also be closed off during construction.

To minimize the impact, the city has rented 25 parking spaces to be used free of charge at the southeast corner of Main Street and Indiana Street. These parking spaces will be available for through November for downtown patrons.

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WARSAW — Warsaw was one of several northern Indiana communities that were recently littered with flyers apparently from the Klu Klux Klan.

News Now Warsaw was alerted by two residents who had come across the flyers in the residential yards along part of Center, Market and Min streets.

Sara McNeal Strahan said she discovered some of the flyers while walking her dog on Monday.

"This is extremely disturbing —  it's disturbing for people of color who live in this community," she said.

One of the flyers urged illegal immigrants to "leave now" and "avoid deportation."

Another flyer suggests people "track and monitor" illegal immigration and to report cases, with a reference to Jan. 20 — when president-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term.

The flyers were tucked inside plastic bags with rocks and tossed into residential yards and driveways.

Flyers were also found in Rochester, Goshen and Elkhart, according to several reports.

Public information officers for Warsaw police and Kosciusko County Sherriff’s Office were contacted late Monday afternoon and both said they were unaware of any complaints about such flyers.

The distribution of flyers comes at the same time Trump said he wants to involve the U.S. military in the mass deportation process that he's proposed after he takes office on Jan. 20.

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