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Local communities receive road grants
Communities in Senate District 12 will receive nearly $2.2 million to improve roads and bridges through the Community Crossings Matching Grant Program, according to a news release Friday from state Sen. Blake Doriot. The [...]
Indiana highways rank below average in the country
A report from the Reason Foundation released Thursday morning ranks Indiana’s state-managed roads 32nd in the nation. The 25th Annual Highway Report benchmarks the condition and cost-effectiveness of state highways in 13 categories, which [...]
INDOT invests $100 million for Lloyd Expressway improvements
Transportation officials say work is starting on an effort known as “TheLloyd4U.” We are learning it includes more than a dozen improvement projects worth more than $100 million along the Lloyd Expressway. Here is [...]
Road Revenue Plummets – New Ways To Fund Infrastructure Projects Needed
Recently, an article in the Washington Post bemoaned decreases in US toll road traffic and the negative effects that decrease is having on road repair revenues. The problem, in essence, is that COVID-19 era [...]
Vigo County awards $1.98 million paving contract
Vigo County Commissioners Tuesday awarded Wabash Valley Asphalt a contract for $1,983,812 for paving roads. The company was the sole bidder on the paving work. Vigo County in April received a $1 million matching [...]
Overpass traffic switch planned
Milestone Contractors will make a traffic switch at the new railroad overpass in Columbus on Sunday, weather permitting. Under the new configuration, crews will finish work to tie-in the new alignment to existing State [...]
FHWA awards more than $15 million to seven projects seeking to advance highway, bridge funding methods
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on July 9 awarded $15.1 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants to seven projects in five states to explore new ways to [...]
First-of-its-Kind Dashboard Highlights Benefits of Federal Highway Investment in Indiana
Indiana leveraged more than $1 billion in federal funds to advance over $1.9 billion in highway improvements during fiscal year (FY) 2018, according to an interactive tool that for the first time provides the public and elected officials a [...]
Indiana’s hands-free while driving law goes into effect July 1
No more talking on the phone in the car in Indiana -- a hands-free law goes into effect July 1. US-20 in La Porte County is often referred to as “Bloody 20” because of [...]
Chip Seal Begins Next Week On SR 46, SR 421 In Dearborn, Ripley Co.
Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance crews will begin chip seal operations as early as Monday, June 8, on S.R. 46 in Ripley and Dearborn Counties. Work will take place between S.R. 101 at Penntown [...]