SCHERERVILLE — The town will use its portion of the income tax refund from the state of Indiana to help repair some roads, making the municipality eligible for a grant from the Community Crossing program.
“We have no intention to put a wheel tax on our residents,” Rob Guetzloff said at last week’s Town Council meeting.
Three tentative projects will be submitted via a letter of intent to the Indiana Department of Transportation including patching some of Kennedy Avenue north and portions of the downtown area, Public Works Director Jeff Huet told the council.
“If we get one of our projects funded, I’ll be happy,” said Town Manager Robert Volkmann. “It is safe to say we are ruling out a wheel tax.”
Huet also told the council that INDOT’s road work on U.S. 41 goes from the Red Robin restaurant at 1401 U.S. 41 in Schererville to the traffic signal at West 133rd Avenue in Cedar Lake.
“Currently INDOT is concentrating on the south end, but we will probably see more activity in the next two to three weeks,” he said.
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