I don’t know much about the area so I don’t know how big a deal this is, but the headline caught my eye. Charles M. Bartholomew, writing for the Gary Post Tribune has an article (caution: Post-Trib links go stale quickly) entitled “Daniels foils NIRPC 25-year road plans” that begins as follows:
After 18 months of working and re-working, the Transportation Policy Committee of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission finally declared its 25-year plan for roads and transit in line with state and federal pollution rules Tuesday.
But as soon as it adopted the resolution by unanimous voice vote, it received some changes to the plan under Gov. Mitch Daniels’ Major Moves that left committee members scratching their heads.
What puzzled planners and stakeholders alike were some discussed projects that director of transportation planning Ken Dallmeyer removed from the 2030 Plan because they had not been included in the governor’s scheme.
The projects included reconfiguration and addition of lanes on the Borman Expressway/Toll Road interchange; widening Broadway between 93rd and 109th avenues in Merrillville and Crown Point near the Purdue Technology Center; and adding lanes to Cline Avenue from the Borman interchange to US 12 and to the Toll Road from SR 49 to SR 51.
Just one more thing to increase Gov. Daniels’ popularity in northern Indiana I suppose.
Hopefully the voters will make their “Major Moves” come November ’06 and ’08. First his cronies then MMB himself.