STATEWIDE — Nearly $180 million is headed to Indiana from the federal government for transportation projects in the works throughout the state.
The latest round of funding is for two projects: double-tracking the South Shore Line in northern Indiana and the Purple Line bus route in Indianapolis.
$77.5 million of that money will be going towards the Purple Line. IndyGo and the city of Indianapolis have been working over the last few years to install a rapid transit bus system in the Capitol City. The Red Line is already completed extending from the northern part of the city to the southern part and has been in service since the beginning of the year.
IndyGo said the Purple Line project will replace and improve the existing Route 39 local service which would connect downtown Indy to the city of Lawrence on the east side.
The other $100 million will be given to the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District to be used for a project to build a new rail line connecting Dyer and Munster to Chicago called the West Lake Corridor.
