Voice of the People

The request to rezone rural land to build a county hospital in a gully in Woodville is the most ludicrous plan I have ever heard.

It is proposed in a gully at the foot of and drains the Valpo Moraine and subject to drainage from SR 49 Bypass.

If you travel on U.S. Hwy 6 you would be able to see the roof of the building, for it is to be built 60 feet below U.S. Hwy 6.

The building will be five stories in height. Are the taxpayers of Liberty Twp. supposed to provide fire protection for the structure?

This installation is five miles away from any municipality. Do county officials realize that in the snow of 1967, no wheels moved in Porter County for three days. Not even on the Toll Road. Why build in this isolated spot?

They intend to use Damon Run Conservancy Utilities. Are they building here just to save the conservancy? Is the existing 10- or 12-inch sewer line large enough for the proposed development? If not, the members of the Conservancy District are responsible to replace them.

I understand the corporation that purchased Porter Memorial Hospital paid the county about $100 million for the unit. Why buy it and then demolish it and build a new unit? Why not just build a new unit and let the county have their present unit?

The citizens need some answers.

J.F. Schrader

Liberty Twp.

Posted 1/21/2008