Construction Updates

The opening date for the new Monon Corridor service has been delayed. Read the Press Release

Weeks of May 20 and May 27, 2025

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Global

Site Testing
  • Various testing activities and installing railroad signage throughout the eight-mile project area. No Impact to vehicular traffic.

Hammond

Electrical Construction
  • Installing power service at multiple locations in Hammond. No impact to vehicular traffic.
  • Installing Traction Power Substation in Hammond MSF Yard. No impact to vehicular traffic.

Station Construction
  • Contractor finishing elevator at Hammond Gateway Station.
  • Contractor finishing light fixtures/emergency telephones in South Hammond lot.

Munster

Electrical Construction
  • Installing Overhead Catenary System (OCS) in Munster. No impact to vehicular traffic.
  • Installing power service at multiple locations in Munster. No impact to vehicular traffic.

Structure Work for Bridges, Elevated Structures, and Retaining Walls
  • Prepping for CSX Curfew
    • CSX Curfew starting at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, May 27 through 11:00 PM on Wednesday, May 28.
      • Steel Erection / Concrete Bridge Deck - Trucking operations on Allison Road/Columbia Ave/Sheffield Ave minimal impacts to vehicular traffic.

Station Construction
  • Munster-Dyer West Access
    • Install Frames and Windows
      • Trucking operations on Allison Road/Columbia Ave/Sheffield Ave minimal impacts to vehicular traffic.
    • Landscaping Activities
      • Trucking operations on Allison Road/Columbia Ave/Sheffield Ave minimal impacts to vehicular traffic.

Dyer

Structure Work for Bridges, Elevated Structures, and Retaining Walls
  • Prepping for CSX Curfew
    • Steel Erection/Concrete Bridge Deck
      • Trucking operations on Allison Road/Columbia Ave/Sheffield Ave minimal impacts to vehicular traffic.
  • Retaining Wall Construction
    • Trucking operations on Allison Road/Columbia Ave/Sheffield Ave minimal impacts to vehicular traffic.

For additional information about work in your area, please contact 219.296.6004.

Environmental Commitments
NICTD has committed to specific mitigation measures that are intended to reduce the adverse effects of NICTD's West Lake Corridor Project. The information below summarizes the mitigation measures that the FTA and NICTD committed to in the 2018 Final Environmental Impact Statement / Record of Decision. View the progress and status of each environmental commitment.

Construction Notices