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#41 CNJRoss

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Posted 21 June 2022 - 10:28 AM

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Groundbreaking celebrates South Shore double-track project (updated)

 

 June 20, 2022

 

Indiana governor, other officials take part in Michigan City event

 

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Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District GP38-2 and two gallery cars stand by for a South Shore Double Track groundbreaking ceremony on June 20, 2022. (Bruce Stahl)

 

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — While significant preparation work has been in progress since the end of February, officials gathered Monday morning (June 20, 2022) in Michigan City for a groundbreaking ceremony for the South Shore Double Track Project.

 

Inside Indiana Business reports Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb told reporters after the 10 a.m. ceremony that the project will have a signficant impact throughout the region.

 

“It allows local officials all along this corridor to plan for that growth and gives them the ability to not just define, but usher in their own destiny,” Holcomb said.

 

 

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Posted 26 December 2022 - 07:19 PM

Railway Age, 12/23/22

 
USDOT: $27.5MM to Upgrade Indiana’s South Shore Line

 

Written by Carolina Worrell, Senior Editor

 

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on Dec. 22 announced that its Build America Bureau (Bureau) has provided a $27.5 million Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan for a portion of the $649 million Double Track Project along a 26.6-mile segment of the South Shore Line between Gary and Michigan City, Ind.

 

According to the USDOT, the project includes nearly 18 miles of double tracking and overhead power system installation, separating vehicular traffic along two miles of street-running rail line, upgrading five stations, eliminating 13 at-grade roadway/track crossings, and adding 1,475 parking spaces. The remaining crossings will be upgraded with automatic warning devices including flashers, gates, and bells. Already under construction, the project should be complete at the end of 2024.

 

 

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