He said the police department was calling on other agencies for use of their K-9s on an almost weekly basis. He said while other police department were accommodating, the process was exhausting.
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The South Shore Line will close its Michigan City 11th Street Station on May 1 as the commuter railroad s Double Track project intensifies.
The closure is expected to last the full two and a half years of the project, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District announced Tuesday.
The $491 million Double Track project will add a second set of tracks between Gary and Michigan City, build new bridges along that route and improve stations between Gary s Miller Station and 11th Street. The project is being undertaken to decrease travel times to Chicago and improve safety, particularly in Michigan City, where tracks will be moved to the side of the street and 21 at-grade crossings will be closed.
The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority took the final steps Thursday to begin applying a $1.2 million federal grant to ongoing transit-oriented development planning efforts.
The RDA board approved a memorandum of understanding with the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, operator of the South Shore Line, regarding the administration and local match for the grant. NICTD s board had approved the memorandum, which includes local funds of $270,000 from the RDA and $30,000 from NICTD, last week.
The $1.5 million will go toward planning for development around current and future railroad stations along the South Shore and West Lake Corridor. It was part of a total of nearly $23 million in TOD planning grants announced by the Federal Transit Administration last year.Â
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