A Portage man was taken to jail, following a semi rollover that shut down eastbound U.S. 30 Tuesday for several hours. The eastbound lanes were closed between State Road 39 and U.S. 35, starting before noon.
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State Road 14 will be down to one lane over the Tippecanoe River near Winamac until early July. INDOT says it’s part of a bridge maintenance project.
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U.S. 30 will be down to one lane in each direction between Donaldson and Plymouth starting tomorrow. INDOT says a resurfacing project will be taking place through late October.
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Pulaski County has once again chosen Town & Country Paving for its next road project. County Road 1450 West is set to be resurfaced between 200 South and the Town of Francesville, according to Highway Superintendent Gary Kruger.
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Road closures or lane restrictions are coming to highways in Starke, Pulaski, and LaPorte counties. Starting Thursday, April 8, U.S. 30 will be down to one lane in each direction over the Kankakee River, as part of a bridge deck overlay project. The Indiana Department of Transportation says the lane closures are expected to continue through late June.
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Lane closures will affect the flow of traffic on U.S. 30 over the Slocum Ditch near Wanatah beginning Monday, April 5.
Continue readingThe U.S. 35 bridge in Downtown LaPorte will be closed for much of the day tomorrow, March 27, as NIPSCO upgrades its lines above the highway. INDOT says U.S. 35 will be closed between State Road 2 and Washington Street from about 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The right northbound lane is also expected to be closed on Monday, March 29 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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The Francesville area will be getting some road upgrades, thanks to the latest round of Community Crossings grants.
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The Town of North Judson will be able to move ahead with $948,000 in sidewalk upgrades in the coming years. Mitch Hansel with Fleis & VandenBrink told the town council Monday that INDOT has approved the town’s application to cover 80 percent of that cost with federal funding.
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A crash involving two semis shut down U.S. 30 in LaPorte County Monday morning. LaPorte County sheriff’s deputies said in a Facebook post that it happened at the railroad crossing near Hanna. Injuries were reported.
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The planned closure of U.S. 35 in Downtown LaPorte has been postponed. INDOT says NIPSCO is planning to upgrade its lines above the highway. That will require the U.S. 35 bridge to close while work is taking place.
Continue readingThe Town of North Judson is taking offers for its short line railroad. Proposals are due next Monday at 4:00 p.m. CST. They’ll be opened by the redevelopment commission later that evening.
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Upgrades to U.S. 30 and U.S. 31 remain on the governor’s radar, as he sets his goals for the coming years. Governor Eric Holcomb presented his 2021 Next Level Agenda last week, and continuing with long-term planning for the two highways made it onto his list of infrastructure goals, “Making progress on an Indy-to-South Bend ‘cruise control’ U.S. 31 and major corridor improvements on U.S. 30.”
Continue readingPlanning continues for some major upgrades to North Judson’s sidewalk network. INDOT’s engineering firm has begun working on plans for a continuous sidewalk along State Road 10 from Garfield to Oakwood.
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Local communities are getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state to help with road projects. The recipients of the fall round of Community Crossings grants were announced by the Indiana Department of Transportation Tuesday. The program covers 50 or 75 percent of the cost of qualifying road and bridge projects.
Continue readingGetting around North Judson by foot may become a little easier and safer over the coming years. The town council recently learned that INDOT plans to install sidewalks along State Road 10 for much of its length through the town, as part of an upcoming resurfacing and drainage project. Now, town officials are looking at adding sidewalks along some north-south streets to feed into the new State Road 10 sidewalk.
Continue readingEfforts to extend the Panhandle Pathway could get a boost from the Indiana Department of Transportation. Plans call for the trail to be extended north from Winamac to the Tippecanoe River State Park, with much of it running along U.S. 35.
Continue readingThe Town of Hamlet is moving forward with a grant application for future upgrades to Indiana Avenue/Starke County Road 500 North. The town is coordinating with the Starke County Highway Department to apply for funding to widen and resurface the road from U.S. 35, through town, and to County Road 750 East.
Continue readingA major route to Hamlet could be getting an upgrade, but not for another five years. The town council recently agreed to team up with the Starke County Highway Department to apply for funding to widen and resurface County Road 500 North/Indiana Avenue from U.S. 35 to County Road 750 East.
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Drivers are asked to avoid parts of Downtown LaPorte tomorrow, as Northwest Health – LaPorte hospital moves to its new location. INDOT says the right westbound lane of State Road 2 will be closed from Madison to Teegarden streets starting at 5:00 a.m. The hospital will be transferring its patients to the new facility.
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