Geronimo wrote:
The reason why I started doing my videos on the bridges of Gary Indiana I drove over a bridge in Gary on 4th Avenue / Industrial Avenue going over the old Pen Central tracks when I drove over it the bridge had a gap of 3 inches between lanes when I came back over it the gap was over a foot wide I called INDOT in Gary and the bridge was closed before the day was out and for almost over a year before the new bridge was opened.
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Post-Tribune, state legislator await data that led to closure of highway
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December 1, 2009
BY GITTE LAASBY, (219) 648-2183
Two and a half weeks after the state closed a four-mile stretch of Cline Avenue, the Indiana Department of Transportation still has not released the report that led to the closure.
INDOT shut down the road between Calumet Avenue in Hammond and Michigan Avenue in East Chicago for safety on Nov. 13 after reading the report by the URS Corp. consulting company.
The report said structural parts of the elevated highway are severely corroded. Cline Avenue is expected to be closed for a minimum of six weeks.
The Post-Tribune requested the report two weeks ago, but has yet to receive the document.
"We are in the process of gathering the information you requested. As soon as I have the information I will send it to you. We ask for your patience during this time," INDOT spokeswoman Angie Fegaras said in an e-mail when the Post-Tribune requested an update Monday.
In response to the paper's initial request, Fegaras said, "We will try to produce all records as quickly and completely as possible. We work with reasonable speed to produce records -- given INDOT's workload and other records requests."
Stephen Key, attorney with the Hoosier State Press Association, said INDOT should explain the delay.
"They're not giving you a reason for why it's taking so long" to get the report, he said. "I'd think if they have a report, it shouldn't be that hard to give a copy of that report to you."
Because state law does not provide a deadline for releasing public records, it is determined on a case-by-case basis how much time is reasonable to respond, Key said.
Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Portage, also requested the report from INDOT, but has not received it either.
"I expect to talk to the INDOT representatives myself (today) to see how soon we can get these reports released to the public," she said. "Or to see if there's any reason why they can't be released immediately."
Jane Jankowski, spokeswoman for Gov. Mitch Daniels, did not return a call for comment on the delay.
INDOT's Fegaras did not respond by deadline to an e-mail asking how much the state paid the consulting company to conduct the inspection and write the report.
State sits on Cline Avenue
Who was first in line complaining about the state of Indiana? It was a citizen of Gary!
Look at the bridges of Gary ,Indiana when the state of Indiana had just leased it's toll road for $3.85 billion dollars.
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If you think those bridges should be made into bike trails then so should Cline Avenue!
I have more web sites the world knows !