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Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT taking action to ensure payments to I-69 contractors

The Indiana Department of Transportation is working with the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) in making sure a contractor involved with the Interstate 69 Development Partners is paid promptly by the developer. IFA issued a notice of non-performance last week when it confirmed Isolux Corsan had not been paid more than $2.3 million for work on […]

September 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT awards $100 million in additional Community Crossings local matching grants

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has awarded $100 million in Community Crossings matching grants, on top of the $47 million announced previously, for local road and bridge improvements. The Community Crossings program is funded by legislation approved earlier this year that will provide more than $1.2 billion in funding for road and bridge preservation projects. Roughly […]

September 9, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana’s Community Crossings grant provides $47 million to 102 municipalities

Indiana’s Community Crossings matching grant fund recently provided $47 million to 102 municipalities in Central Indiana. The Community Crossings program is funded by legislation approved earlier this year that will provide more than $1.2 billion in funding for road and bridge preservation projects. Roughly $160 million is available through the program this year. “Few states have […]

August 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana, Kentucky governors sign start of I-69 Ohio River Crossing Project

The governors of Indiana and Kentucky have signed a Memorandum of Agreement launching the Interstate 69 Ohio River Crossing Project and have committed $17 million together in their capital plans for the project. “As the Crossroads of America, we know that roads mean jobs here in the Hoosier state,” says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. “The […]

July 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Preservation programs grow as state DOTs battle challenging bridge conditions

The truth is, while there are still a relatively large number of structurally deficient bridges across the country, roughly 58,500, that figure has dropped in recent years. It’s still not good, as the American Road & Transportation Builder’s Association estimates with current funding levels, it would take 21 years to replace or upgrade all those […]

May 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT reaches settlement with Brooks Construction over pavement work

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Brooks Construction have agreed to a settlement requiring the contractor to repave a section of State Road 25 in Cass County. The settlement, signed by Gov. Michael Pence, Attorney General Gregory Zoeller and Brooks Construction President Andrew Brooks, is the result of INDOT’s complaint last year of “material deficiencies” […]

February 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana House passes plan to raise taxes on cigarettes and gas to pay for roads

The Indiana House of Representatives has passed a bill that would raise the tax on gas and cigarettes in order to bring in $500 million a year for transportation funding. According to The Times of Northwest Indiana, the bill would increase the Indiana state gas tax 4 cents per gallon–bringing it to 22 cents per gallon—and […]

February 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT interactive road and bridge map shows more than 1,700 active projects

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has launched an online interactive map that tracks road and bridge projects across the state, with more than 1,700 active projects visible. INDOT calls the program its interactive investment map and will show trail projects in addition to roads and bridges. The site, which will cover all INDOT, city, […]

January 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT accuses contractor of “material deficiencies” in highway project, asks for replacement or $5.1 million lump sum

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has accused a Fort Wayne contractor of “material deficiencies” in a highway project completed in 2012 that has led to the road “deteriorating at an alarming rate”. In a letter from INDOT Deputy Commissioner Robert Fuller dated September 25, INDOT asked Brooks Construction to either replace the pavement in […]

September 30, 2015

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT investigating potential asphalt failures due to contractor errors

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is looking at 188 road projects completed recently for potential early failure due to asphalt mix mistakes made by contractors, according to a report by the Indianapolis Star. The projects, which only include those active last year, represent $71 million in work, INDOT says, and the expectation is that […]

September 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Six state DOTs win southeastern regional America’s Transportation Awards

The transportation departments from Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina each received America’s Transportation Awards during the recent Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO) annual meeting. Awards were given to eight projects spread across three categories: Best Use of Innovation, Under Budget and Quality of Life/Community Development. The American […]

August 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Study finds more than 21% of Indiana’s bridges are deficient

A study has found that 21.5 percent of Indiana’s bridges are considered deficient. ABC 6 in Indianapolis reported in addition to 4,103 of the state’s bridges being deficient, 11.5 percent were considered functionally obsolete. Ten percent are structurally deficient. The state’s General Assembly sent $200 million to for transportation construction in the budget, but money from […]

June 1, 2015