Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District officials have no idea what caused damage to two transformers installed as part of the West Lake Corridor project.

The damage was discovered following an electrical storm in mid-August, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District President and General Manager Michael Noland said Wednesday, but there was no sign of a lightning strike at either location.

Nor was there an indication that water from the storm could have caused the damage, he said. The timing was coincidental.

One of the transformers was “fried” – Noland said that’s not the technical term, although easily understandable to laymen – and the other suffered less damage.

The one from the new Hammond gateway station suffered the least damage and was shipped off to the manuf

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