(LaPorte County, IN) - Construction at the courthouse in Michigan City has been given permission to start. The LaPorte County Commissioners last night also set a cost ceiling for the project.

The work cannot exceed 22.4 million dollars. County attorney Doug Biege says the ceiling is based on a vast majority of the bids accepted for the project. He says some of the work has to be rebid but the cost is coming in under budget. The century-old courthouse on U.S 12 will also be remodeled with an addition doubling the size of the courthouse.