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Right now, there's a very underserved bunch of people over there.
So then you really need to start tying the two parts together, and not just with overpasses for cars. Hopefully, INDOT (the Indiana Department of Transportation) will put it in the plans early, so it's not an afterthought.
It's just hard to imagine it taking longer than another year. As far as I know, there's no change of heart (by the state).
The door's open to doing some cooperative work there.