The City of Washington is in the final stages of approving it’s budget for 2023. The City Council will be conducting a final reading of the budget during next Tuesday’s City Council Meeting according to WTHI. According to Rhoads, the budget is about one million dollars higher than in years past. One of the proposed items in next year’s budget is a four-percent pay increase for all city employees. Several projects are also in the works for the city’s east side. Bids for construction on National Highway from Southeast Third Street to State Street is expected to take place in February with construction starting in April. The project is estimated to cost around seventeen million dollars and is being federally funded by INDOT. Construction on two out of three housing developments are currently underway. Work has begun on the Cypress Point apartment complex. The fourteen million dollar apartment complex is being built near Casey’s on National Highway. The new complex will include six buildings with a total of 144 units. Twenty five homes and twenty condos are being built for total for 2.5 million near Buffalo Trace. Construction on twelve homes near True RX is expected to begin in early 2023. Construction on all the housing projects are expected to wrap up in 2024.
Washington Mayor Dave Rhoads says progress is coming along nicely with the first housing development going up on the East Side of Washington near Casey’s. The Mayor says this is the first of three total projects coming…
The city expects the first residents to move into their new homes in early spring of next year.