Funding for three Starke County projects were approved by INDOT as part of the Community Crossings grant.
Starke County was awarded just under $571,000 which will be a reimbursement in state matching funds for work done on Bridge No. 50 on County Road 1150 E. over the Osborn Ditch about three miles south of State Road 10, and Bridge No. 47 on County Road 625 S. over Osborn Ditch, just over a half mile west of County Road 875 E.
The paving project on 300 E. from State Road 8 to 1,110 feet south of Division Road was also approved for Community Crossings grant funds. According to Highway Superintendent Rik Ritzler, this will be the first hot mix project under the new 10-year truck route paving plan. This would complete paving in the Industrial Park in Knox. The county’s match for this project will be provided by the Starke County Economic Development Foundation. The project will begin in the spring of 2018.
Ritzler said he was happy with what projects INDOT funded for the county, especially with the number of applications handed into INDOT for this year’s grant round. He said the county, City of Knox, Town of North Judson, and the Town of Hamlet did really well as a whole in getting projects approved by state grant funds.
