Starke County was recently awarded a Community Crossings Matching Grant in the amount of $1.5 million for projects to be done in 2025.
The projects include hot mix asphalt paving on 200 S. between Range Road and 100 E. , Division Road between State Road 23 and 1200 E..
Paving on 400 S. between Range Road and 100 W. was included in the award, but Highway Superintendent Rachel Oestrreich told the Starke County Commissioners Monday, November 18 that the consultant on the project had the wrong area presented for approval. That segment has been removed and the highway department will possibly do that in the next paving season.
Additionally, she noted in her report that the county received an early coordination letter for U.S. 30 improvements from U.S. 30 to 9.5 miles east of U.S. 35 in Marshall County and Starke County.
She also asked for the commissioners’ approval of several roads into the county’s INDOT inventory. She explained that the roadways have been maintained for many years, but the county is not being paid for the maintenance of the segments of roadway. The commissioners approved the addition of 515 feet of Monroe Street between Main Street and Manis Street in Ora, 740 feet of Sandy Knob Drive north of Ann Street in San Pierre, and 470 feet of Oakwood Avenue between Pinewood Drive and Hilltop Drive in Knox.
