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How about trying to maintain what is currently there? When crossing the Indiana/Ohio border, there is a drastic change in the pavement condition.
Agree completely.
There is no excuse for the condition I-70 is in.
What happened to all the surplus in state budgets?
Frankly, it should have been 6 lanes a decade ago.
Crossroads of America is Potholes of America.
Add this on top of the boondoggle that Braun wants near his hometown of Jasper. Even residents in that area do not want it. Connecting I-64 to I-69 in order to save a few minutes?? Be real.
The Braun Boondoggle is projected to cost anywhere from $1-3 Billion, depending on the various estimates. That money should be used elsewhere.
Who wants this?!
The federal funds that could be allocated for interstate maintenance are, of course, sent instead to Israel to blow up civilians.
When I read this my first reaction is I don’t want to pay tolls every time I drive on I70!.
Then I thought about it a little more. The Interstate highway system is basically a tax subsidized replacement for a national rail road system. It has enabled and encouraged the world’s largest trucking fleet. It has promoted the US Automobile industry. It has suppressed viable mass transit. There is a real cost to build and maintain these roads and as Indiana calculated, it’s about $0.10 per mile per car.
I am sure that tolling on I-70 is going to have some unintended consequences, like shifting traffic away from I70, and before Indiana jumps into this, I would like to see what the traffic engineers have predicted. I can already see that cars and trucks jumping on 465 rather than pay another few dollars to pass through downtown Indy and INDOT has already said that 465 doesn’t have the capacity to handle that extra traffic.
I-70 is an unmitigated disaster, so I support this initiative. Governor Taft of Ohio had a similar initiative to upgrade I-71 to three lanes 25 years ago. It has worked beautifully. Tolling is a consumer-based model whereby revenue is generated by those who use it. It makes perfect sense. With the onset of EVs (which limits gas tax revenue), increased population (which increases the number of vehicles passing over I-70) and the increased cost of construction, this is a sensible solution for everybody. I’m surprised he hasn’t supported tolling for I-65, I-69 and I-64 as well. He could have a “One Pass” for all Interstates in Indiana.
Expansion of (2) lanes need to be for commercial vehicles GVW 20,000 + ONLY. Smaller trucks, vans, passenger vehicles should not have to drive alongside 80,000 pound death machines. The smaller, non commercial vehicles should have a 5 cent per mile fee (not 10) or US 40 will be the ‘new I-70’ creating more problems.
Unbelievable, agree what happened to the billion dollar surplus the Republicans bragged about for years. What happens at the airport? Do we pay a toll every time we go to the airport.