The state highway department had a plan in place to improve safety at the intersection of Ind. 149 and County Road 875 North ahead of Monday's fatal crash at the site, officials say. That work is still slated to take place, but it will not get underway until early next year, according to Cassy Bajek, [...]
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 CCMG, established by the Indiana General Assembly in 2016, aims to advance community infrastructure projects, strengthen local transportation networks and improve [...]
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 include pavement condition, traffic congestion, structurally deficient bridges, traffic fatalities and spending per mile based on spending and performance data submitted [...]
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 the announcement Wednesday afternoon. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) says the plan is to make the Lloyd more efficient and [...]
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 traffic levels are at a fraction of the previous year's totals. As road revenue plummets - in the word according to [...]
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 grant through the Indiana Department of Transportation's Community Crossings program. The county plans to install a 1 1/4-inch asphalt overlay on [...]
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 Road 46. The estimated $35 million project is being jointly funded by the Indiana Department of Transportation, city of Columbus, Bartholomew [...]
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 fund highway and bridge projects. The program's goal is to test innovative ways to supplement the federal gas tax and provide [...]
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 clear look at how and where the state invests its transportation tax dollars. Obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [...]
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 the number of wrecks. State Representative Jim Pressel says many of those crashes are the result of distracted driving. He wants [...]