Veteran lawmaker Pelath takes helm of river commission
When Scott Pelath decided not to seek re-election last year to the Indiana House of Representatives after 20 years there, he thought that was the end of long drives to...
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Kankakee commission considers plan to slow flooding threat
A century after the Kankakee River was dredged and straightened in Indiana, it’s more prone to flooding than ever. However, the preliminary report on a plan to relieve some of...
Commission leader leaving after 37 years watching over the Kankakee River
For the better part of four decades, Jody Melton has been identified with Indiana’s portion of the Kankakee River. As executive director of the Kankakee River Basin Commission, he has...
Environmentalists seeing impact of climate change in Northwest Indiana
Climate change is not an abstract concept for people who work in Northwest Indiana’s natural areas. They notice differences in weather patterns that presage more changes later. They see subtle...
NIRPC committee gathers information on rail crossing delays
The problem with freight trains stopping across roads and streets has been a fact of Northwest Indiana life for decades. But it doesn’t have to be, participants at the region’s...
$45 million plan announced to put overpasses over Northwest Indiana railroad crossings
The Indiana Department of Transportation will spend nearly $45 million to improve railroad crossing safety in five Northwest Indiana municipalities, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Thursday. The state’s money, matched with...
Board that oversees South Shore Line says no to $2 ticket surcharge
The board that oversees the South Shore Line defeated a proposal Friday to make riders pay $2 extra when they buy tickets on the trains. The railroad’s management told the...
Road project scoring concerns some Northwestern Indiana commission members
Northwest Indiana’s transportation planning organization won’t give some road projects as high a priority for federal funding as it used to, and that has some local officials concerned. Phil Gralik,...
Environmental phase of Double Track project wins FTA approval
A project to improve the South Shore Line’s service took a major step forward recently, as the Federal Transit Administration approved the environmental phase of the Double Track project –...
Billion-dollar plan for rail service from Ohio to Chicago could be in place by 2026
The dream of bringing back passenger rail service between Fort Wayne and Chicago, with stops in Valparaiso and Gary, may be closing in on reality. Consultants hired by a Fort...