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After complaint about standing trains, Hammond mayor will lead rail crossing task force

May 13, 2019 at 6:02 a.m.

Frustration over stopped trains blocking Northwest Indiana streets and roads boiled over at Thursday’s meeting of officials from the region. Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. complained at the Northwestern Indiana...

Northern Indiana commuter district awards more than $35M in contracts for West Lake, double-track projects

May 13, 2019 at 6:01 a.m.

The agency that runs the South Shore Line awarded more than $35 million in contracts Friday as it prepares for nearly $1 billion worth of railroad projects. The contracts cover...

Development authority approves loan for environmental cleanup in Hammond

May 13, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

A South Bend company received a $700,000 loan Thursday through the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority, to help bring a new industry to Hammond. Park 24 Development LLC will use...

Mike Noland, president and general manager of the South Shore Line.

NICTD eyes $2 surcharge for on-train ticketing

May 13, 2019 at 5:57 a.m.

People who buy their South Shore Line tickets after boarding a train might pay more next year, if the railroad’s governing board decides. The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District board...

NIRPC begins survey on travel habits of residents

May 13, 2019 at 5:52 a.m.

Thousands of Northwest Indiana households will have chances soon to earn $20 rewards for helping the region’s transportation planners. Between now and November, the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission is...

Workers assemble parts of the new section of Cline Avenue Bridge in East Chicago on March 16, 2018.

New Cline Avenue bridge construction continues; opening expected in January 2020

May 13, 2019 at 5:53 a.m.

The new Cline Avenue Bridge in East Chicago will be as tall as the previous one, and also built of concrete. But the new one will be unlike the previous...

A cyclist rides through the the Erie-Lackawanna trailhead on Summit Street west of Main Street in Crown Point, part of a network of trails that could benefit from a new spending plan.

Spending plan a ‘bonanza’ for Indiana’s biking and walking trails

May 13, 2019 at 5:51 a.m.

Northwest Indiana’s network of bicycle and walking trails could grow significantly in a few years, thanks to an infusion of $90 million for the state announced recently by Gov. Eric...

NIRPC approves Gary plan to shift Ridge Road funds

May 13, 2019 at 5:44 a.m.

A better Ridge Road in Gary will have to wait. Instead, the city will use about $5 million in federal money, designated 11 years ago to help rebuild and widen...

Mike Noland, president and general manager of the South Shore Line, April file photo.

South Shore chief likes South Bend plan; sees airport as better short-term goal

May 13, 2019 at 5:42 a.m.

Michael Noland, the South Shore Line’s president, agrees with South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg that a downtown South Shore station could be good for the city’s economy in the long...

NIRPC planning ‘pop-up’ appearances at area events

May 13, 2019 at 5:41 a.m.

Northwest Indiana’s regional planning agency is trying a new way to get people involved in its work. It also will have three public meetings soon on public transit in Northwest...

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