(La Porte, IN) - The City of La Porte has taken a step aimed at reducing the amount of trucks downtown and improving the condition of streets. 

 

The La Porte Board of Public Works and Safety on Tuesday approved a contract with a downstate company called “Avenue.”  One of the tasks for the company will be to come up with a plan to remove trucks from downtown.

 

Mayor Tom Dermody said a member of the company is a former mayor in downstate Franklin, who used existing highways to remove trucks from the downtown there in eight months.

 

Another task for the company will be finding ways to pave more streets and extend the life of the new asphalt.

 

“They will even look at your road needs and fund some of that upfront while we pay over time.  The public wants to see more roads done and this gives us an opportunity to do so,” Dermody said.

 

$45,000 was approved to pay the company on an hourly basis for the rest of this year and all of the next year.