Construction Updates

Weeks of November 12 & 19

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Hammond

Hammond Gateway Station Now Open!
Closures
  • Sheffield Avenue at SSL Crossing
    • Closure currently active. Projected end date of 11/20/2024
    • View detour
Rail Construction
  • Track construction in MSF Yard
    • No impact to vehicular traffic.
Electrical Construction
  • Installing Overhead Catenary System (OCS) in Hammond.
    • No impact to vehicular traffic.
  • Installing power service at multiple locations in Hammond.
    • No impact to vehicular traffic.
Station Construction
  • Contractor finishing elevator at Hammond Gateway Station.
  • Contractor finishing light fixtures/emergency telephones in South Hammond lot.
Road Construction
  • Sheffield Avenue at SSL Crossing.
    • Closing Sheffield Avenue to remove the existing track panel and finish concrete median.

Munster

Closures
  • Sheffield Ave/Main St/Columbia Ave
    • Lane Shifts on 11/18/24 & 11/19/24 to mill and resurface T-Intersection.
    • No detour as road flaggers will be present, directing traffic.
Fence Installation
  • Installing fence from Fisher Street to Little Calumet River.
    • No impact to vehicular traffic.
  • Installing fence at MD Station.
    • No impact to vehicular traffic.
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.
Road Construction
  • T-Intersection of Sheffield/Main/Columbia.
    • Mill and Resurface of T-Intersection to install new traffic loops for future signal to Munster-Dyer West Parking Lot access.
Structure Work for Bridges, Elevated Structures, and Retaining Walls
  • Cable handrail is being installed.
    • No impact to vehicular traffic.
Station Construction
  • Munster-Dyer East Platform Access
    • Setting of Precast foundations for platform
    • Trucking operations on Allison Road, minimal impacts to vehicular traffic
  • Munster-Dyer West Access
    • Pouring of foundation walls ongoing
    • Trucking operations on Allison Road, minimal impacts to vehicular traffic
Landscaping
  • Trees being planted in various locations in late Fall throughout the Town of Munster.
    • No impact to vehicular traffic.

Dyer

The FHP/RB JV will be installing H-piles using pile driving equipment at the CSX track near the intersection of Main St and Sheffield Ave from Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024 through Friday Jan. 31, 2025, weather permitting.


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

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