This and that: U.S. 231 extension study gets the go-ahead

Plus, another property neighboring SK hynix up for rezoning. A trash hauling contract anticipates a transfer station’s pending move. Health sensors going into some jail cells. And more.

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Some notes early in a frigid week …

STUDY OK’D FOR NORTHERN SECTION OF U.S. 231 CONCEPT: Closing the loop on this one. Tippecanoe County commissioners on Monday agreed to a cost-share agreement that includes the county putting up $10,000 and Lafayette and West Lafayette each contributing $5,000 for a study into building an extension of U.S. 231 from U.S. 52 in West Lafayette to Interstate 65 in northern Tippecanoe County. The other portion of the money for the $100,000 study would come through federal funds.

The study is billed as a preliminary look into the concept, fueled by recent and anticipated economic development on the west side of Greater Lafayette. No firm map, beyond a rough, dotted line that traced that arc in Wabash-Tippecanoe Township land use plans approved in 2024, has been proposed. The yearlong study is expected to lay out the parameters for the eventual plotting of a route, environmental issues, costs and more, Doug Poad, a transportation planner with the Area Plan Commission, said.

For more, here’s a look from a Sunday edition of BiL:

More direct route of U.S. 231 to I-65 gets a fresh look

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ANOTHER PROPERTY NEXT TO SK HYNIX UP FOR REZONING: Owners of another neighboring property to the planned, $3.87 billion SK hynix high-bandwidth memory assembly plant are looking to rezone 25 acres along County Road 50 West for general business uses.