Wed December 13, 2017
Residents Oppose Proposed ICE Detention Center in Indiana
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Residents in northern Indiana are opposing a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. More than 100 people gathered at Our Lady of the Road in South Bend Nov. 30 to show solidarity against construction of the detention center....
The Associated Press - Tue November 28, 2017
Southern Indiana Interstate Widening Project Comes to a Close
SELLERSBURG, Ind. (AP) A two-year interstate highway widening project in southern Indiana is coming to a close. The News and Tribune reported lanes would start to reopen on a roughly 3-mi. stretch of I-65 north of Jeffersonville that includes Sellersburg....
Irwin Rapoport - Wed November 15, 2017
Crews Use Unique Method on INDOT Project
Gradex Inc. is about one year away from completing the Indiana Department of Transportation's (INDOT) $23.9 million U.S. 40 and U.S. 27 project in downtown Richmond. The project, which is divided into three phases, started last March and should be completed in late 2018....
Wed November 01, 2017
Army Corps Resumes Toxic Sediment Dredging at Indiana Harbor Ship Canal
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers has resumed dredging toxic sediment from a northwestern Indiana canal that is among the country's most polluted waterways. At an East Chicago Waterway Management District board meeting Oct....
Wed November 01, 2017
Officials Plan to Widen I-69 in Central Ind.
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) State officials are planning a project that will widen a section of Interstate 69 to six lanes northeast of Indianapolis. The planned project would add a lane for both northbound and southbound traffic on a seven-mile section between Indiana 38 near Pendleton and the Indiana 9 exit at Anderson....
Tue October 24, 2017
Smith Erectors Takes Link-Belt 75RT 'To the Limit'
Smith Erectors, Inc. of Markle, Ind., recently spent four days working around the clock to service Steel Dynamic, Inc.'s (SDI) Columbia City, Ind., plant. SDI fabricates structural, rail, and engineered steel as part of their New Millennium Building Systems in a multi-building complex....
Wed October 04, 2017
U.S. Agency Allows Demolition of Lead-Contaminated Public Housing
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the demolition of a lead-contaminated public housing complex in northwestern Indiana. The announcement paves the way for the East Chicago Housing Authority to raze the West Calumet Housing Complex....
Fri September 22, 2017
State Governor, DOT Award $150M to Local Road Projects
Governor Eric J. Holcomb and Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Commissioner Joe McGuinness today announced 396 Indiana cities, towns and counties received a combined $150 million in state-matching funds for local road projects through the Next Level Roads: Community Crossings Initiative....
Wed September 20, 2017
Crews Begin Demolition of BorgWarner Muncie Plant
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) Crews have begun pulling down a sprawling former BorgWarner auto transmissions factory in central Indiana that once employed thousands of workers. The Muncie building has sat empty since Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner shuttered the plant in 2009....
Thu September 14, 2017
FAA Announces Another Round of Airport Infrastructure Grants
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced Sept. 13 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $264 million in airport infrastructure grants to 95 airports in 31 states across the United States as part of the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP)....
