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Officials praise start of Double Track construction as 'historic moment for state of Indiana'

By JEFF MAYES Staff Writer
Jun 20, 2022
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Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks to the media after hosting a celebration of progress on the South Shore Double Track Project, which he called a historic moment in state history, on Monday morning at 11th and Franklin streets in Michigan City.

Photo by Jeff Mayes

Mike Noland, president and general manager of NICTD, pounds a ceremonial spike during the ceremony as other state, federal and local officials look on. From left in back are U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, INDOT Commissioner Mike Smith, Sherri Ziller, president and CEO of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority; Holcomb, and U.S. Sen. Todd Young.

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With construction going on behind him, Noland tells reporters that the positive impacts of a one-hour commute to Chicago will have a ripple effect on Northwest Indiana’s economy and future development potential.

Site preparation continued behind the ceremony on the site of the future South Shore station and parking structure, along with a retail-hosing development on 11th Street.

Young said the start of construction is like the “tail end of a 99-yard touchdown drive.”

Ziller called the Double Track “the largest economic development project in the state’s history and an unmatched opportunity for Northwest Indiana.”

While officials discussed the project and its benefits, a small but vocal group of protesters gathered outside the fenced-in area to protest La Porte County officials’ failure to make Juneteenth a paid holiday for employees.

MICHIGAN CITY — Gov. Eric Holcomb hosted a group of federal, state and local officials to witness “Hoosier history being made” as work progresses on one of the largest public transit investments in state history – double tracking the South Shore Line from Michigan City to Gary.

The project, part of Holcomb’s Next Level Agenda, will add nearly 18 miles of new track over the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District’s existing line, and make improvements to the existing line, the governor said at a “groundbreaking” event Monday at 11th and Franklin streets in Michigan City.