Construction Updates

Weeks of June 4 & June 11, 2024

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Hammond

Closures
  • Russel Street (between Hohman Avenue and Lyman Avenue)
    • Russel Street is closed at West Lake Corridor
    • View detour
  • State Street
    • Closure is currently active
    • Willow Court is open
  • Hohman Avenue (at SSL Crossing)
  • Dearborn at Gostlin Street will be closed permanently.
  • Hanover Street has been permanently closed between Wabash and Sheffield Avenues.

Monon Trail Closure
  • Monon Trail is closed from 173rd Street to Little Calument River until rail operation has been completed/pedestrian bridge is installed. No connection to Lackawanna Trail.

Rail Construction
  • Track work from Douglas Street heading North on elevated structures
    • Rail Contractor spreading ballast on elevated structures
    • No impact to vehicular trafffic

Electrical Construction
  • Installing Overhead Catenary System (OCS) in Hammond
    • No impact to vehicular traffic

Structure Work for Bridges, Elevated Structures, and Retaining Walls
  • Cable handrail is being installed
    • No impact to vehicular traffic

Station Construction
  • Contractor finishing future Hammond Gateway Station Building

Road Construction
  • Contractor installing roadway signage and pavement markings at various intersections in the City of Hammond
  • Traffic will be maintained with a Roadway Flagger or partial lane closures. Minimal impact to vehicular traffic

Munster

Closures
  • Broadmoor Avenue
    • Closure begins 6/5/2024 through 6/12/2024
    • View detour

Elevated Structure Work at 45th Street
  • Installing metal deck on structure North of 45th Street. View detour

Fence Installation
  • Installing post and fence at Little Calumet River. No impact to vehicular traffic.

Road Construction
  • Contractor installing roadway signage and pavement markings at various intersections in the Town of Munster
    • Traffic will be maintained with a Roadway Flagger or partial lane closures. Minimal impact to vehicular traffic.

Monon Trail Closure
  • Monon Trail will be closed for the foreseeable future from Little Calumet River to Fisher Street
    • Closure will last until rail operation is complete from Fisher-Ridge & Ridge to Little Calumet. Tunnel at Belden Place is now open. Access from Manor Avenue or Freddrick Avenue. Monon Trail remains closed in this area due to Bridge construction at the Little Calumet River.

Station Construction
  • Munster-Dyer East Platform Access
    • Station and Platform excavation complete
    • Setting of precast foundations for platform will be in the coming weeks
    • Concrete work ongoing at station
    • Trucking operations on Allison Road, minimal impacts to vehicular traffic

Munster-Dyer East Parking Lot
  • Pump Station Construction
    • Backfill of pump station and future utility work
    • Trucking operations on Allison Road, minimal impacts to vehicular traffic
  • Traffic will be maintained with a Roadway Flagger or partial lane closures. Minimal impact to vehicular traffic

Dyer

No work at this time.


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