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Indiana DOT Awards Contracts for I-70 Upgrades

Repair work to highway lanes and bridges along the Interstate 70 freight corridor east of Indianapolis is expected to last through the end of the year, the state Department of Transportation announced this month.

March 20, 2017
GovernmentBusiness

Indiana Nonprofit Works to Improve State’s Logistic Network

Conexus Indiana staff members don't consider themselves lobbyists, but rather staff for the General Assembly "thinking through policy issues.

January 18, 2017
GovernmentBusiness

Indiana Senate GOP Won't Rule Out Gas Tax Hike to Fund Highways

Indiana Senate Republicans are not ruling out raising the state's gasoline tax or adding tolls to new roads to pay for road and bridge improvements in the state.

January 11, 2017
GovernmentBusiness

Joe McGuinness, Former Franklin Mayor, Chosen to Lead Indiana DOT

Joe McGuinness has been tapped to take over as commissioner of Indiana’s Department of Transportation, leaving his post as mayor of Franklin, Indiana.

January 9, 2017
GovernmentBusiness

Rural Indiana Counties Split $80 Million in Federal Transportation Grants

Indiana officials in Pike, Greene and Knox Counties will be cashing in on millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements funded through federal transportation funds.

October 4, 2016
GovernmentBusiness

Indiana’s DOT Reviewing Grant Applications for Local Roads, Bridges

Indiana’s Department of Transportation announced Aug. 2 that it has received 1,592 applications for 50/50 matching grants from 325 communities seeking funds for local road and bridge improvement projects.

August 2, 2016
GovernmentBusiness

Did Indiana Spend $71 Million on Defective Asphalt?

Indiana roads are crumbling prematurely, and lawmakers want to know if the state bought $71 million in defective asphalt.

September 23, 2015
BusinessGovernment

Vital I-65 Indiana Trucking Corridor Closed Till Mid-September

The Indiana Department of Transportation estimates it will be mid-September before a 50-mile northbound section of I-65 between Lebanon and Lafayette, Indiana, is reopened.

August 18, 2015
BusinessGovernment

HIV Cases Along I-65 in Indiana Have Slowed Dramatically, Officials Say

The rate of new HIV cases in southern Indiana has slowed, permitting state health officials to move into a prevention phase.

May 21, 2015
BusinessGovernment

Indiana Toll Road Seeks Bankruptcy as Traffic Declines

The operator of the Indiana Toll Road, owned by affiliates of Macquarie Group Ltd. and Ferrovial SA, sought bankruptcy protection with a creditor-supported restructuring plan after dwindling traffic soured a $3.8 billion bet on a 75-year lease.

September 22, 2014