Lake Station Mayor Bill Carroll called the repaving of Ridge Road from Interstate 65 to Arizona Street “a major investment in our future.”

“These roads are not just for today but they are for generations to come,” Carroll said.

Carroll, Hobart Mayor Josh Huddlestun and Lake County Commissioner Kyle Allen, D-1, spoke briefly on Wednesday before the ceremonial groundbreaking on the second phase of repaving of Ridge Road.

Work, which will be completed in under two weeks, will include milling and resurfacing of approximately 1.1 miles of roadway, including aprons.

The road will not be closed down while work is in progress, with one lane kept open in each direction while work is being done in the other, Carroll said.

Cost of the project, with work being done by Milestone Contractors, is ap

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