One of northwest Indiana’s largest public transit efforts is underway, marked by an Oct. 29 groundbreaking ceremony for the nearly $555-million West Lake Corridor commuter rail project.
Led by the joint venture of F.H. Paschen and Ragnar Benson Construction, the design-build project will provide an eight-mile dedicated southern branch extension of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District’s Chicago-South Bend South Shore Line to serve fast-growing communities in the state’s northwest region. Four new stations and a combined maintenance/storage facility will also be constructed.