West Lake Corridor project

"We are working with the contractor to try to make sure that they bring that schedule back to something that we believe is reasonable," Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District President Mike Noland told the NICTD board Monday.

"Sheffield Avenue has a center turn lane down the whole entire way," said Town Manager David Hein. "It's not necessarily needed each and every section, so there is some suggestion to do landscaping in the middle to kind of break it up to give it a new look, to kind of make it look like it's revitalized."

Train service is scheduled to shift to the new Gateway Station at Sheffield Avenue on Friday, October 18.

Hammond's South Shore Line station will be down to one platform, starting Saturday. Trains in both directions will board on Track 2, while Track 1 will close.

Upgrades continue on the South Shore Line.

On the South Shore Line, some nighttime trains are being replaced by buses between Hegewisch and East Chicago.

A major route between Lansing and Munster will be closed Monday night for work on the West Lake Corridor project.

The South Shore Line plans to move its Hammond station this summer, as the West Lake Corridor branch continues to take shape. The current station at Hohman Avenue will be replaced by a new Gateway Station three blocks west.

Construction on the South Shore Line's Double Track project is almost 95-percent complete. Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) President Mike Noland says the section between Michigan City and Dune Park has been open for about a month, while the remaining part between Dune Park and Gary is nearly done.

The town of Merrillville is working to make sure its needs are met with the money it'll have available next year. The town council adopted the 2024 budget Tuesday. It totals just over $45.4 million, having been cut by almost $2 million from the initial proposal.