The proponents of the Mid-States Corridor have offered four alternate routes around and/or through Loogootee. None of them are desirable. The study of the proposed Mid-States Corridor should have SERIOUSLY considered the proposed Mid-States Corridor versus improvements to the existing US 231. Instead, the $7 MILLION study focused only on the misguided MSC in an attempt to…
In the summer of 2022, U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund and the Frontier Group published “Highway Boondoggles 7, Wasting infrastructure funding on damaging and unnecessary road projects” (see Highway Boondoggles (pirg.org)). In its Executive Summary, it asks the question: with the new infrastructure monies available for states, will they spend the money…
Residents have until the end of March to provide additional public input into the Mid-States Corridor Project due to variations added to the preferred route in the Loogootee area. The changes were made in response to community feedback following the announcement of Alternative P as the preferred alternative in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)…
At this moment of uncertainty during climate change, any project that disturbs the ecology of our state should be heavily vetted – especially a project of such enormous scope as the proposed Mid-States Corridor, which will disturb forests, wetlands, and the fragile ecology of both public and private lands. Southern Indiana is beautiful and the…
The Mid-States Corridor is a proposed 50-mile highway roughly following U.S. 231 with cost estimates near $1 billion, built for the express purpose of boosting economic activity in Southern Indiana. Residents are concerned about the lack of representation on the board overseeing a new funding mechanism.
Did you know congestion and municipal maintenance is a huge problem within the Jasper city limits and are one of the factors for the Mid-States Corridor Project? Did you know the Mid-States Corridor will utilize the existing Highway 231 south of Huntingburg? Did you know the Mid-States Corridor will NOT utilize the existing Highway 231…
I took some time this past weekend to visit several of the homes and owners on North 190, Jasper Dubois Road and Meridian Road whose homes would be taken if this proposed highway goes through. It is a crime! These are homes where families have worked hard to build a life and to raise a…
The Stop the Mid-State Corridor Coalition will host two workshops to assist in writing letters to the Mid-States Corridor Project office. The first one will be in Jasper this Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Hickory Rooms A & B in the Jasper Library, 100 3rd Avenue. A second workshop will be held in Loogootee on…
Who will police the proposed Mid-States Corridor, after you build that monster? Who will pay for those extra expenses? Can small towns afford more officers? What about emergency services? More ambulances, more fire department personnel? Bigger emergency rooms? Fortunately, they’re building a bigger security center in Jasper. But will it be big enough? Where’s the…
If you would like to know if the City of Jasper will be spending more taxpayer dollars towards funding a future Tier II study for the Mid-States Corridor, attend the city of Jasper council meeting this Wednesday 5/18/22 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall where I will be asking this question. You also have the option…