Michigan City Sanitary District to Receive $171,000 for the Purchase of New Dump Trucks
Michigan City Mayor Ron Meer is proud to announce that the Michigan City Sanitary District (District) will be receiving a grant of over $171,000 from the Indiana Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Committee to help fund the purchase of three new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered Dump Trucks. The funds supporting this award are provided through Volkswagen’s commitments in a national consent decree. These new clean burning CNG Dump trucks will emit very low amounts of greenhouse gas, especially as compared to diesel powered vehicles. According to Michael Kuss, General Manager of the Sanitary District, the District currently operates eleven CNG