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TriTowns each awarded 50/50 state grant for local roadwork

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The Town of Chesterton has been awarded $156,562 in a state 50/50 matching grant for roadwork, under a provision of Senate Enrolled Act 67 which made $160 million available to cities, town, and counties succeeding in filing a Road Asset Management Plan.

Matching grants awarded to Porter County units totaled nearly $3.8 million, Soliday reported in a statement released this morning.

The awards:

* Porter County: $1 million.

* Valparaiso: $1 million.

* Portage: $900,954.

* Porter: $401,065.

* Chesterton: $156,562.

* Hebron: $150,600.

* Burns Harbor: $96,856.

* Dune Acres: $50,013.

* Beverly Shores: $35,141.

“Developing responsible infrastructure funding solutions was a top priority this past session,” said Soliday, chair of the House Committee on Roads and Transportation. “This grant program provides the much-needed funds to support our local roads and bridges while allowing counties and cities to allocate the money where they see fit.”

Chesterton Street Commissioner John Schnadenberg previously indicated that he would like to apply the Community Crossings grant--if it were awarded--the much needed paving of 1100N between Fifth Street and Pearson Road.

Under the Community Crossings legislation, communities were given the opportunity to double their 2016 share of local option income tax (LOIT) revenues, if they prepared in a timely fashion a Road Asset Management Plan which graded the condtion of each road in town. Chesterton’s share of LOIT revenues this year was $156,562, and that sum became the local match.

Projects eligible for funding through the Community Crossings program include road resurfacing, bridge rehabilitation, road reconstruction, and Americans with Disabilities Act compliance in connection with road projects. Material costs for chip sealing and crack filling operations were also eligible for funds.

A complete list of northern Indiana cities, towns, and counties receiving matching funds through Community Crossings for the calendar year 2016 is posted at http://www.in.gov/indot/3570.htm

More information about Community Crossings is online at www.in.gov/indot/communitycrossings

 

 

Posted 8/25/2016

 
 
 
 

 

 

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