Michael Novotney

Porter County plans to invest in its roads and bridges this year.

Porter County has gotten more than a million dollars to clean up waterways contaminated by an industrial chemical. County Engineer Michael Novotney says it's part of the settlement of a class action lawsuit against Monsanto for its alleged role in manufacturing and distributing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Brummit Road is scheduled to close this week for a bridge replacement project at the Little Calumet River, after a two-month delay. Porter County Engineer Michael Novotney says the contractor was ready to go in June, but the utility companies failed to move their lines out of the way.