Making Room: Trail, wetlands area will replace razed building
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The old Prairie Materials concrete plant on Worthsville road will be torn down by the US Army and reassembled for training at another location to make room for a road widening project. STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT ROBERSON/sroberson@dailyjournal.net
The old Prairie Materials concrete plant on Worthsville road will be torn down by the US Army and reassembled for training at another location to make room for a road widening project. STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT ROBERSON/sroberson@dailyjournal.net
A former concrete plant in Greenwood faces the wrecking ball to make room for a wider road.
The city plans to raze the former Prairie Materials concrete plant so it can turn Worthsville Road into a major boulevard that can handle traffic from a planned Interstate 65 exit. The city plans to replace the plant with a wetlands area and a trail, Mayor Mark Myers said.
Illinois-based Prairie Materials shut down the plant a few years ago, and it’s been vacant since then.
Myers said it has become an eyesore. The city hopes that removing it and replacing it with a more scenic nature area that’s designed to absorb rainwater will encourage more development along Worthsville Road and improve the appearance of what will become a major entryway into Greenwood. The city already has purchased two properties along Worthsville Road through eminent domain and torn a house down as part of the widening project.
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