News Release

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Transportation is hosting several public information meetings from early to mid-June as it continues the planning and environment linkages, also known as “PEL,” studies along the US 30 and US 31 corridors in northern Indiana.

The purpose of the meetings is to report on insights gained from the public thus far, share additional data gathered by the study teams and provide an overview of needs and desired outcomes.

The meetings in date order, are:

US 30 West

• 5-7 p.m. EDT Monday, June 5, at Argos High School, 500 Yearick St., Argos
• 5-7 p.m. CDT Tuesday, June 6, at Tri-Township Schools, 309 School Drive, Wanatah

US 31 North

• 5-7 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 7, Rochester Community High School, 1645 S. Park Road, Rochester

US 30 East

• 5-7 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 8, New Haven Community Center, 7500 SR 930E, Fort Wayne
• 5-7 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 13, Indian Springs Middle School, 1692 SR 9, Columbia City

Also, two meetings will be held to discuss the US 31 South project: from 5-7 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 14, Tipton County Fairgrounds Auditorium, 1200 S. Main St., Tipton, and from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 15, Pipe Creek Elementary School, 3036 W 400S, Peru.

The studies span 180 miles across 12 counties and include US 30 from Valparaiso to the Indiana/Ohio state line (excluding I-69 and I-469 around Fort Wayne), as well as US 31 between Hamilton County and Plymouth (excluding the Kokomo bypass). Counties within the study area include Allen, Fulton, Hamilton, Howard, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Miami, Porter, Starke, Tipton and Whitley counties.

More information can be found on the websites at propelus30.com and propelus31.com.