A public town hall meeting is planned for Tuesday, May 10, 2022, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the St. John’s Center, 408 Church St., Loogootee. All residents and businesses in Martin, Daviess, Dubois and surrounding counties who are concerned about the effect of the proposed highway. The meeting will be hosted by Mayor Noel…
The two public hearings for the recently released Tier I Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) were held last week. Although these two meetings met the requirement for public hearings, the public, businesses and other government entities have until May 31 to submit comments about the proposed improved highway connecting the improved portion of U.S. 231…
Coalition Against the Mid-States Corridor, Sierra Club, Indiana Forest Alliance, and Hoosier Environmental Council urge citizens to fight for Hoosier homes, farms, and habitats that will be destroyed by the Mid-States Corridor In response to the State of Indiana’s recent announcement of a preferred route for the proposed “Mid-States Corridor,” five environmental and community organizations…
DEIS formal comment period runs through May 31 Jasper — The Mid-States Corridor Project Team will hold public hearings this week near Crane and in Jasper to present information about the Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Preferred Alternative. Each will include a public comment period: Tuesday, April 26, at the Westgate Academy (Crane),…
There will be another Town Hall Meeting by the Coalition Against the Mid-States Corridor on April 21, 2022, at the Mitchell Emerson School Gym from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. The group will provide updated details regarding the Route P announcement as well as discuss the importance of attending the two public hearings on the 26th…
The Mid-States Corridor Project Team has identified Alternative P as the preferred route for the improved highway connection in southern Indiana. The comment period has opened now. There is information on how to comment below. The Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was released today, marking a significant project milestone. Alternative P improvements extend…
After more than two years of deliberation through the pandemic, the Lockmueller Group has submitted the recommendation for the Mid-State Corridor Project. Alternative P is the preferred route. It is a 54-mile extension stretching from the U.S. 231 intersection with Interstate 64 on the south border of Dubois County. The improved route runs north/south through…
Members of the Mid-States Corridor Regional Development Authority (RDA) informed the Huntingburg Common Council an announcement on the preferred route of the proposed multi-lane highway through the county should be coming in April. RDA chair Mark Schroeder and the RDA’s legal counsel, Bill Kaiser, attended the council meeting to give an update on the Tier…
The Coalition Against the Mid-States Corridor project will hold a public meeting on Tuesday,January 11, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. EST at the Vincennes University Jasper Campus Innovation, Technology and Manufacturing Building in the Technology Auditorium. Per VUJC policy, face masks are required. Organizers will be sharing an update on the project, facts on why…
The Mid-States Corridor project office has a new home on the Vincennes University Jasper Campus and normal project office hours have resumed. The project office is now located in the Center for Technology, Innovation and Manufacturing (CTIM), room 202. The office is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET and by…
