Infrastructure News Summary
For November 27, 2007

BUYER SUPPORTING RAIL
The Herald Times
Thomas Hoback
11-27-07

U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer deserves thanks for his help in leading the effort to extend the short-line rehabilitation tax credit. This legislation, HR 1584, provides local railroads with an incentive to maximize their investment in track rehabilitation. The Indiana Rail Road Company operates more than 500 miles of track in Indiana and Illinois. We employ more than 170 individuals and serve approximately 100 local customers, who rely on local railroads to provide quality transportation services on more than 3,239 miles in these two states. The proposed legislation will allow us to continue to provide high quality service to those customers by helping us make significant investment in track rehabilitation. http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2007/11/27/digitalcity.letters.sto

TRANSIT PROJECT FLAGGED ANEW
Post-Tribune
Erik Potter
11-27-07
Efforts to bring a large scale transit facility combining trucks and trains to LaPorte County appear to be running out of steam. LaPorte County Commissioners announced Monday that they would stop spending public money researching a possible intermodal in LaPorte County in light of the second of three railroads in LaPorte County declaring that they are not interested in locating an intermodal facility there. http://www.post-trib.com/business/668486,intermodal.article

INTERSTATE 69 RESURFACING COMPLETE IN DELAWARE, HAMILTON AND MADISON COUNTIES
The Herald Bulletin
11-27-07

The Indiana Department of Transportation announced Monday the end of construction on the $8.4 million Major Moves road project that patched and resurfaced about 30 miles of Interstate 69. Since May, crews with Shelly & Sands Inc. had been grinding and repaving Interstate 69 between 116th Street in Fishers and the Indiana 32/67 exit in Daleville. Nighttime lane closures in the area have been lifted, pending INDOT inspections. Over the past two years, $13 million in Major Moves projects have resurfaced 50 miles of Interstate 69 through Delaware, Grant, Hamilton and Madison counties. http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_330214736.html

WINFIELD
The NWI Times
11-27-07
The Winfield Town Council has authorized engineering firm DLZ to solicit bids for next year's road construction. Town officials say they plan to issue an $885,000 general obligation bond to finance the work. Winfield officials appeared before the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance in August requesting the bond issue. http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/11/27/news/lake_county/doc4be6bd51b68f5b84862573a000083113.txt