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Residents challenge $50 million diverging‑diamond plan for State Road 2; commissioners defer to INDOT
Summary
Residents and commissioners clashed during public comment over a proposed diverging‑diamond interchange on State Road 2; a New Carlisle resident criticized the design and local costs while county staff and the economic development director said the state’s traffic engineers selected the divergent diamond based on long‑term traffic projections.
A New Carlisle resident told the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners on March 10 that the planned $50 million diverging‑diamond interchange at State Road 2 should be reconsidered in favor of alternatives such as a dog bone or cloverleaf.
"There certainly doesn't need to be this $50,000,000 diverging diamond intersection, $31,000,000 from the state, $12,000,000 from St. Joseph County, and $7,000,000 from Amazon," Dan Charuso said during the meeting’s…
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