new-road-to-menards1Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen says there may a change in plans to establish the road from Menard’s to Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 she said, negotiations with one landowner Liechty Associates has not succeeded.  At issue is how much the special assessments are for the landowner.

Liechty Associates owns less than one-third of the distance of the road

Three other landowners along the originally planned route have agreed to terms with the city including, John Correll, along with the Anne Carlsen that owns land along the route, and Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Preliminary estimates for the road at about one mile is at an estimated $1 million.

Mayor Andersen pointed out that the second access road to JRMC was identified as one of the top priorities by the Land Use and Transportation Plan.

She added that a new route would mean negotiating with landowners and notifying companies with utility easements along the route would begin. She believes bids could still be let for the project in early 2017, with construction to begin in the spring of 2017.

The City Council has not yet decided on a payment plan, including how bond payments would be made before  development in the area in previous meetings.

She said a new route would likely make the road longer and increase costs.

The City Council’s joint committee meeting on November 22nd is likely to address the issue, after the city meets with landowners.

Presently those accessing JRMC use either the frontage road that runs next to I-94, to the Highway 281/52 bypass, or they get on I-94 at the 17th Street Southwest entrance