Did you know congestion and municipal maintenance is a huge problem within the Jasper city limits and are one of the factors for the Mid-States Corridor Project? Did you know the Mid-States Corridor will utilize the existing Highway 231 south of Huntingburg? Did you know the Mid-States Corridor will NOT utilize the existing Highway 231…
I took some time this past weekend to visit several of the homes and owners on North 190, Jasper Dubois Road and Meridian Road whose homes would be taken if this proposed highway goes through. It is a crime! These are homes where families have worked hard to build a life and to raise a…
Who will police the proposed Mid-States Corridor, after you build that monster? Who will pay for those extra expenses? Can small towns afford more officers? What about emergency services? More ambulances, more fire department personnel? Bigger emergency rooms? Fortunately, they’re building a bigger security center in Jasper. But will it be big enough? Where’s the…
If you would like to know if the City of Jasper will be spending more taxpayer dollars towards funding a future Tier II study for the Mid-States Corridor, attend the city of Jasper council meeting this Wednesday 5/18/22 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall where I will be asking this question. You also have the option…
Recently, Democratic candidates began asking all the wrong questions to make it appear that the Republican candidates running for office had everything to do with the Mid-States Corridor. Here are some facts you might consider when voting for a candidate for office in Indiana. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 2004 began planning to upgrade…
It was interesting to listen to the variety of public comments during the Jasper hearing for the Mid-States Corridor. While there were a great many people willing to share their opinion and position on the issue, what was missing was our elected officials. Where was our Senator, State Senator, and State Representative? Also absent were…
I attended the Mid States Corridor hearing on April 28 at the Jasper Arts Center. I was struck by the irony in the public comments made by the corridor’s proponents. Rockport Councilman Darrell Wilson spoke first supporting the Mid-States Corridor in order to bring desperately-needed business to Rockport. The 4-lane U.S. 231 through Spencer County from the…
In the General Assembly session of 2017, two legislators from Jasper, Senator Mark Messmer and State Representative Mike Braun authored and passed legislation creating the Regional Development Authority (RDA) that would become the Midstate Corridor Project; a project that neither brought up in their campaigns. The Governor then appointed a board who added local government…
When you turn 18, some would say you have come of age. You have grown up and more is required of you as an adult. The law allows you to legally by cigarettes. When you turn 21, you’re legally allowed to buy alcohol. This is because you have grown to becoming an adult and now…
The proposed ‘Route P’ is the least damaging ‘build’ option, except for the new-terrain aspect. The ‘231 improvements only’ choice has more to recommend. The presented description for this option states an intention to not disturb ‘developed’ areas and to sacrifice yet more undeveloped land. This has the values precisely backward. Instead, let’s cherish the…
