DLZ is hosting a meeting to provide updates on the South Shore Line’s South Bend Airport Realignment project.
The public open house will take place 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 28 at Dickinson Intermediate Fine Arts Academy in South Bend.
The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District awarded the engineering services contract for the project to South Bend-based DLZ in 2022.
The project aims to provide a quicker, safer and more efficient route for commuters to travel between South Bend and Chicago. The South Shore Line station will be moved from the South Bend International Airport terminal’s east side to its west side. The goal is to reduce travel time, provide a new platform/airport waiting room and increase safety.
The initial public open house took place April 5, 2023, in South Bend. It provided the public with information on the project partners, project summary, alignment, federal process and right-of-way acquisition. This second public open house will provide a project update that will include a project summary, alignment and station improvement renderings, roadway design, impacts and improvements, environmental assessment and right-of-way acquisition.
“NICTD has been a valued client of DLZ since the 1990s, and DLZ has partnered with NICTD on over 150 projects in the last 40 years, said Anthony Glenn, DLZ project manager, in a press release. “It has been my professional priority to make this project a success, and part of that success includes holding a second public open house.”
