STATEHOUSE (Oct. 27, 2016) — Today, the State Budget Committee released funds for the I-65 Northwest Indiana Major Moves 2020 expansion project, according to State Rep. Mike Aylesworth (R-Hebron).
New travel lanes will be added to I-65 from State Road 2 at mile marker 240, north to U.S. Highway 231 at mile marker 247. The project will also include the construction of outside shoulders and restriping from four lanes to six lanes from U.S. Highway 231 at mile marker 247 to U.S. Highway 30 at mile marker 253. The Kankakee River bridges in southern Lake County will also be replaced as part of the $62 million plan.
“This project was made possible by an appropriation to the Major Moves 2020 Fund in the 2015 budget bill,” Aylesworth said. “It displays our continued commitment to driving economic development in Lake County through infrastructure improvement.”
The expansion project will begin in the spring of 2017 and is expected to take two years to complete.
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Rep. Aylesworth represents House District 11, which includes the southern portions of Lake and Porter counties.
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