(La Porte County, IN) - Expansion of a La Porte County park seems on the horizon.

 

It would involve adding more than 40 acres to Bluhm County Park near Westville along with trails and land conservation work.

 

La Porte County Parks Superintendent Jeremy Sobecki said his department and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources have been working together on coming to terms with the proposal for about the past 18 months.

 

“We’re getting to the point now where things are starting to happen,” he said.

 

Sobecki said La Porte County government would pay nothing for the 43 acres.  In exchange, the DNR would pay for a conservation easement on the property and those funds would go toward the purchase.

 

He said DNR will also perform wetlands restoration work on the property and put in the trails.

 

Sobecki said the La Porte County Park Department Board on Tuesday is expected to sign the land acquisition deal.

 

“The land will be ours at no cost to the county. It’s a win, win for the county,” he said.