INDIANAPOLIS – Today, the Build Indiana Council (BIC) and its member organizations, including Indiana Constructors, Inc. (ICI) and ACEC Indiana, acknowledged Gov. Mike Braun’s efforts to help protect Hoosiers’ wallets with his continuation of the gas tax suspension. These leaders also sounded the warning bells for the future of Indiana’s transportation network, which is at [...]

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz | Indiana Capital Chronicle The total price tag for Gov. Mike Braun’s gas tax holiday is in: the state of Indiana and hundreds of local governments are expected to lose out on a combined $533 million, with the impacts felt through October. That also means motorists saved that much money at the [...]

Johnny McCrory | Fulton County Post Governor Braun’s suspension of Indiana’s gas tax has probably been a relief to many in the wake of escalating gas prices. But it’s also a major concern for local governments who are shifting road maintenance plans to deal with the loss of revenue. Fulton County Commissioner Dave Sommers says [...]

Mackenzi Klemann and Niki Kelly | Indiana Capital Chronicle Gov. Mike Braun issued an executive order Wednesday to enact a 30-day suspension of the 7% sales tax on gasoline — with the potential for extensions. “I am declaring a gas tax holiday to give Hoosiers relief from the pain at the pump from high gas [...]

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz | Indiana Capital Chronicle A panel of state officials on Thursday green-lit a deal letting the Indiana Toll Road’s private operator raise rates twice annually — in exchange for a $700 million windfall — and the governor’s request to spend $200 million expanding a frozen low-income child care program. The Indiana Finance [...]

Charlie Ban | National Association of Counties Counties stand to receive a healthy infusion of funding to address bridges under the surface transportation bill, BUILD America 250 Act (H.R. 8870) passed May 22 on a bipartisan basis by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The five-year reauthorization includes a total of $580 billion, $30 billion [...]

Elissa Maudlin | Daily Journal Three years ago, Johnson County officials estimated that roughly $382 million was needed for capital road projects. Now, the price tag is even higher. Officials now estimate that about $530 million is needed to fund capital road projects, said Luke Mastin, highway department director. Although he presented a plan to [...]

Niki Kelly | Indiana Capital ChronicleA House panel examining how to increase road funding dialed back a wide-ranging bill Monday.The House Roads and Transportation Committee accepted a substantial amendment to House Bill 1461 to remove several key concepts from the bill.Read the full story at https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/briefs/amendment-eliminates-delivery-fee-from-road-funding-bill/

Road and bridge advocates closed the books on the 2023 Indiana General Assembly session knowing a significant discussion on infrastructure funding was yet to come. In 2017, when lawmakers passed a historic funding package, their solution was informed by findings from the FIRSST (Funding Indiana’s Roads for a Stronger, Safer Tomorrow) Task Force. Last year, [...]

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) recently issued a combined $119.4 million in state matching funds to 229 Indiana cities, towns, and counties to support local road projects through the Community Crossings program.That program is part of the state’s Next Level Roads program, which is a 20-year plan established in 2017 by Governor Eric Holcomb and the state legislature to enhance [...]