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The time to act is now.
At Build Indiana Council, we work to ensure Indiana’s roads and bridges have reliable, long-term funding from both state and federal sources. Today, we are at a crossroads.
Indiana’s current investment plan, passed in 2017, is heavily dependent on gas taxes to pay for road and bridge upgrades and maintenance. BIC and our partners have spoken out about the need to find new ways to fund these projects, especially as cars use less fuel, inflation raises construction costs and global issues push up fuel prices for Hoosiers. Now, with Gov. Mike Braun’s administration suspending Indiana’s gas taxes to make fuel more affordable, it is more important than ever to talk about diversifying how we fund our roads and bridges.
A decade later, Indiana is once again arriving at an opportune moment to take a hard look at infrastructure funding.
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In 2017, the Indiana General Assembly passed our state’s most significant road and bridge infrastructure funding package, HEA 1002-2017 — a comprehensive, data-driven plan to fully fund the Crossroads of America for 20 years. Since its inception, HEA 1002-2017 has generated more than $5 billion for both INDOT and local units of government. The plan also provided for a mandatory tolling study by INDOT to analyze how the mechanism could support future long-term funding proposals.
In 2023, the Build Indiana Council took decisive action to mitigate the effects of significant inflation on our industry. HEA 1001-2023 was a direct result of our PAC’s efforts. It extended the sunset on the gas tax increase to 2027, accelerated the shift of the gas sales tax into the state highway fund, reinstated the road funding task force and increased the alternative fuel vehicle fees passed in 2017. These measures injected over $350 million into our state infrastructure program, a tangible testament to the impact of our PAC’s work.
In 2025, HEA 1461-2025, authored by House Roads and Transportation Chairman Jim Pressel, was a culmination of addressing immediate short-term challenges and constructing a multi-tiered plan to utilize bonding, tolling and P3s to meet our state’s significant capital investment needs. Under the legislation, Indiana has requested permission from the federal government to toll portions of I-70.