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Residents press council on Grand Avenue overpass location and criticize pay increases

Hammond City Common Council · December 9, 2025
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Summary

During public comment Mary Shones urged the council to reconsider plans for a proposed Grand Avenue overpass and a pedestrian bridge she said are not sited where people actually cross; another resident criticized council pay increases as excessive.

During the public-expression portion of the Dec. 8 Hammond council meeting, resident Mary Shones questioned the status and siting of a Grand Avenue overpass and criticized a proposed Briar Eastwoods project and associated pedestrian bridge as poorly placed and costly.

Shones said the project would raise a neighborhood feature (she used the…

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