Construction Updates

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

Weeks of July 23 and July 30, 2025

On this page:

Global

Working Hours
  • Trackwork construction activities for the remainder of the project will start on 7/30/2025 and take place from 6AM to 7PM.
Site Testing
  • Various testing activities throughout the eight-mile project area.
  • Train testing is ongoing using a diesel locomotive.
    • Crossing gate arms or roadway flaggers will be active.

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.
  • Installing Grounding on Pedestrian Bridge over 165th Street.

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.
  • Pump Station - Start-Up, Testing and Commissioning. No impact to vehicular traffic.

Structure Work for Bridges, Elevated Structures, and Retaining Walls
  • Retaining Wall Construction
    • Trucking operations on Allison Road/Columbia Ave/Sheffield Ave, minimal impacts to vehicular traffic.
  • Pedestrian Bridge Construction
    • Pouring the abutments for Pedestrian Bridge. 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.
    • Removal of CSX Temporary Crossing
      • Trucking operations on Allison Road, minimal impacts to vehicular traffic.
    • Parking Lot Construction
      • Landscaping Activities. Trucking operations on Allison Road, minimal impacts to vehicular traffic.

Dyer

Structure Work for Bridges, Elevated Structures, and Retaining Walls
  • Retaining Wall Construction
    • Trucking operations on Allison Road/Columbia Ave/Sheffield Ave minimal impacts to vehicular traffic.
  • Main Street Construction

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