US 20 CONSTRUCTION
The INDOT and FHWA project for US 20 between CR 35 and SR 13 includes a High Intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) signal for pedestrian crossing from Spring Valley Subdivision to Northridge High School. Additional information about this project can be found at https://us20section2elkhartcounty.com/.
Article written by and photos by Desiree Beauchamp-Boucher I would like to preface this article with a disclaimer. I fully understand the need for progress. I know that the work happening right now on US 20 has been thought out and planned by engineers for a long time and the need to widen US 20 is a necessity for the future traffic that will occupy it. I know that they do not just consider the current traffic, but also the traffic that will increase over the next several decades. I fully support the widening of the highway as well as the destruction that must happen before the build. I will now speak frankly and from the heart, because I love and trust my commu8 inMiddlebury Magazine | APRIL 2021
nity to know that I do this from time to time, and I believe you not only accept it but sometimes appreciate it. Regardless of my logical knowledge of this construction I still also recognize the loss that is occurring. I see trees being cut down by the dozens, and I mourn that loss. I have been witnessing homes getting boarded up and signs for destruction pasted
