South Shore South Bend Airport Reroute

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South Shore South Bend Airport Reroute

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This morning the St Joseph County Board of Commissioners approved funding the reroute of the South Shore Line on the west side of South Bend. When built the line will approach the airport from the west and terminate on a new platform on the west end of the airport. This will remove the street side running in South Bend and cut ten minutes off of the trip.

Long time residents in the neighborhood near the airport are objecting to the new route, although engineering has not been completed and the exact path has not been determined.

The following article was published before this morning's vote.

http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/lo ... c7b4e.html

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Re: South Shore South Bend Airport Reroute

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I just saw this story on WSBT. Many residents who have lived there for decades will be displaced.
http://wsbt.com/news/local/ardmore-resi ... e-re-route
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Re: South Shore South Bend Airport Reroute

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Looks like this project is getting closer... A contract has been awarded to build the new station on the west side of the airport, which will align with the reroute.

https://www.abc57.com/news/contract-awa ... VnMqhwqdzc
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Just engineering at this stage. The NEPA process must be finalized before they can apply for funding grants to build it.
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Re: South Shore South Bend Airport Reroute

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Digging through my files ... here was the path the airport published in 2006.
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Re: South Shore South Bend Airport Reroute

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Official project website (for reference)

https://www.southshorelinesouthbendairportreroute.com/

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