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Hammond council endorses Governor’s Parkway railroad overpass after heated public comment
Summary
The Hammond City Council voted to approve a resolution formally endorsing the Governor’s Parkway railroad overpass project, prompting months-long debate and extensive public comment over safety, environmental impact and community process.
The Hammond City Council voted to adopt a resolution endorsing the Governor’s Parkway railroad overpass project on Feb. 10, with the motion carrying 8 in favor and one member absent.
Council members and the mayor framed the resolution as a step to accept state and federal awards that would build a grade-separated road overpass — called Governor’s Parkway — and remove two at-grade crossings on Norfolk Southern’s line. Mayor McDermott told the chamber the project is funded by the Federal Railroad Administration’s Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) award ($7,029,392) and the Indiana Local Tracks rail overpass program ($5,460,070) and that no Hammond general-fund dollars are required for the work. “We have a bridge being paid for by federal and state money. We have no Hammond money in this project at all,” McDermott said.
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