NWI 2050

The long-range plan to 2050 for Lake, LaPorte, and Porter Counties was adopted by the NIRPC Executive Board at the May 16, 2019 meeting. NWI 2050 builds on the successes of the award-winning 2040 Plan which was the first comprehensive regional plan for our three-county region. NWI 2050 takes a bold approach by planning at the center of the linkages between transportation, the environment, land use, and economic development.

NWI 2050 utilizes updated scenario planning methods that allow our regional leaders to contend with the uncertainty the future has in store. The scenario planning process considers different possible futures that Northwestern Indiana may experience over the next thirty years. By imagining different futures, we avoid the mistake of “picking a future” we hope to have, and possibly watching an unimagined future come to pass with the wrong suite of strategies and investments to address it. Instead, by considering multiple future scenarios, our region can try and identify investments and strategies that will have a positive impact in any of the scenarios.

NWI 2050 Amendments

• NWI 2050 Amendment #1 – NIRPC Resolution 20-13
• NWI 2050 Amendment #2 – NIRPC Resolution 21-09

NWI 2050development documents

The development of NWI 2050 consisted of significant effort, study, research, and input. Below you can find materials used in the development of NWI 2050.

• NWI 2050 influences and futures
• New programmatic approach 2020-2024 Transportation Improvement Program
• Performance-based planning (Pbp) framework
• Draft Strategies

NWI 2050 is built on the solid foundation laid by the 2040 Comprehensive Regional Plan: A Vision for Northwestern Indiana. Though NWI 2050 supersedes 2040 as the region’s long range plan, links to the previous 2040 Plan and its interim update are below.

2040 Plan