Twenty-three Northwest Indiana cities and towns and one county are among 252 communities across Indiana sharing $207 million through the latest Community Crossings grant program, the Indiana Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.
The state’s money, matched with local funds, is to be used for local roads and bridges.
In previous years, the maximum state grant was $1 million. Now it’s $1.5 million.
The Community Crossings program “enables hundreds of critically important infrastructure improvement to happen,” Gov. Eric Holcomb said in a news release.
Communities submitted applications for the grants in January.
Funding comes from the state’s local road and bridge matching grant funds. Long-term funding comes from House Enrolled Act 1002, passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2017.
Grants went to these communities in Northwest Indiana:
Lake County: Crown Point, $1.5 million; Dyer, $1,053,092.40; East Chicago, $1,474,854.36; Gary, $1,499,999.95; Griffith, $1.5 million; Highland, $1,024,569.30; Lowell, $761,805.25; Munster, $843,479.50; New Chicago, $282,468.75; Schererville, $500,722; Schneider, $128,975.93; Whiting, $688,350; Winfield, $1.5 million.
LaPorte County: Michigan City, $1,460,881.86; Pottawattamie Park, $408,918; Wanatah, $122,340.
Porter County: Beverly Shores, $91,474.12; Hebron, $297,428.49; Ogden Dunes, $386,470.94; Portage, $1.5 million; Porter, $271,932.85; Porter County, $1.5 million; Town of Pines, $173,981.25; Valparaiso, $1.5 million.
Tim Zorn is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.