Indiana awards funds for road projects

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Indiana’s Next Level Roads: Community Crossings Initiative recently awarded $100 million in state-matched funds for 283 municipal and county road projects.

This year, 444 communities had applied for funding.

“Infrastructure plays a vital role in taking Indiana to the Next Level, and that includes everything from our interstates down to the last mile—including our local roads, bridges, and sidewalks,” Gov. Eric Holcomb said. “When it comes to building and maintaining our infrastructure, we’re in this together for the benefit of all Hoosiers. I am encouraged by the immediate impact of this program and look forward to hundreds more projects funded by Community Crossings taking shape in the coming months.”

The initiative was founded in 2016 by the Indiana General Assembly. It has awarded nearly $400 million for construction projects.

The initiative has helped communities improve thousands of road miles and dozens of bridges across all 92 counties, Joe McGuinness, Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) commissioner, said.

Local governments must submit an INDOT-approved asset management plan for maintaining existing roads and bridges and provide local matching funds to qualify for funding.

The percentage of matching funds depends on community size: 25 percent for smaller communities, 50 percent for larger areas.