The town of Zionsville is engaging in a new 10-year comprehensive plan. You may have seen the yard signs encouraging area residents to visit the Uniquely Zionsville website and give their input. I would encourage all Hunt Club and Traders Point area residents to do so.
Most long-time Hunt Club area residents are aware that Zionsville has an interstate interchange at Cooper Road/850 E and I-865 as part of their comprehensive plan for decades now (see the Town of Zionsville Comprehensive Plan, section 8; since this document appears to be an amalgamation of multiple other documents that was simply thrown together, the “Table of Contents” is of little help in navigating the document; the portion of the document relevant to the proposed Cooper Road interchange are pages 317-318).
An interstate interchange at Cooper Road and I-865 would obviously have severe negative consequences on the overall character of the Hunt Club and Traders Point areas, specifically the Traders Point Eagle Creek Rural Historic District that was established in 2009. If built, the proposed interchange would obviously funnel an extraordinary volume of vehicular traffic onto the roadways south of I-865 which were never envisioned nor constructed to handle such traffic volumes. Many of these roads are also routed through well-established residential areas, where the increased traffic volumes would have severely detrimental effects.
Hunt Club and Traders Point area residents concerned about the negative impacts of the proposed Cooper Road and I-865 interchange can indicate their disapproval by going to the “Transportation Concerns” map and clicking the “thumbs down”:
Area residents wanting to stay abreast of future news regarding the Uniquely Zionsville community planning process, should register for email updates on the Stay Engaged page of the Uniquely Zionsville website.
Hunt Club and Traders Point Area News will also continue to keep residents updated with information as we become aware of it.
