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Opponents of the Interstate 69 extension from Indianapolis to Evansville are warning that a 27-mile portion of the highway
could inflict significant ecological damage on a sensitive, cave-filled region of the state.
Tim Maloney of the Hoosier Environmental Council says he and other activists will speak out Thursday at a public hearing
on that portion of the 142-mile highway that would run from near the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center to just south of Bloomington.
Thursday's hearing at Eastern Greene Middle School near Bloomfield will focus on a recently completed study that assessed
that section's environmental impact.
Maloney says the construction project and the highway's eventual runoff from automobiles and road salt would harm more
than 100 caves, sinkholes and springs along its path.
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