Daniels says opposition won’t stop Interstate 69 extension
Gov. Mitch Daniels said the state has options for funding a 1.75-mile stretch of highway that is the focus of a dispute with the Bloomington-Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization.
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Mayors back transit tax hike in Marion, Hamilton counties
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard say more local transit options are needed despite the steep cost. A ballot referendum would be required so voters could consider a 0.3-percent income-tax increase to pay for a $1.3 billion project.
New road contracts are built for speed
A bidding method being used more often by the state is likely to reduce misery for motorists and merchants in the path of a highway project. Project completion time is now a major consideration in reviewing road-work bids that were traditionally evaluated almost entirely on cost.
Indiana communities run into higher salt prices
Communities across Indiana could have less money to pave roads and fill potholes because of rising road salt costs.
UPDATE: Feds say state can build debated stretch of I-69
A federal highway administrator says no one can stop the state from building a hotly debated section of the Interstate 69 extension in southern Indiana without using federal money.
Rival trucking firm not interested in Celadon merger
USA Truck Inc. has turned down a meeting with Indianapolis-based trucking rival and investor Celadon Group Inc. to discuss a possible merger.
I-69 rejection could affect bus service in Bloomington
Buses in Bloomington and on the Indiana University campus could lose funding starting in 2014 if local officials don’t include Interstate 69 in their transportation infrastructure plans.
Interstate 69 opponents target another section of project
Indiana environmental groups file a second lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers, alleging permits for 29 miles of the I-69 project between Oakland City and Washington violate the Clean Water Act.
Contractor gets March deadline to fix closed Ohio River bridge
Indiana on Tuesday awarded a $13.9 million contact to repair a closed Ohio River bridge linking southern Indiana and northern Kentucky to a Louisville-based company that promised to have the nearly 50-year-old span reopened by early March.
Celadon proposes merger with rival USA Truck
Indianapolis-based Celadon has become USA Truck’s seventh-largest investor with a $4.7 million purchase of shares. In a regulatory filing, the truckload carrier reported its interest in combining with its rival.
Feds won’t resolve dispute over extending I-69
Agency says state officials need the Bloomington-Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s backing to spend federal money on a section of interstate intended link with Indiana 37 near Bloomington.
Governor: Ohio River bridge repairs to take months
Work to repair an ailing Ohio River bridge shut down between Kentucky and Indiana will cost about $20 million, and it will take about six months to fix and reopen the heavily traveled span.
Closed Indiana-Kentucky bridge creates rush-hour fiasco
Commuters traveling Monday between Indiana and Kentucky became mired for miles on end in unfamiliar travel patterns with few alternatives as the emergency closure of a bridge crossing the Ohio River left only two spans remaining, detouring tens of thousands.
Panel delays vote on Monroe County I-69 section
A committee of the Bloomington-Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization decided Friday to delay voting on the highway's hotly debated Monroe County extension until November.
Monroe County board to consider adding I-69 to plan
Opponents of Indiana's nearly $3 billion Interstate 69 extension are urging a southern Indiana planning board to keep the highway out of its transportation plan despite the state's warning that doing so could endanger federal funding for local projects.
Allisonville bridge closure will be abbreviated
The Indiana Department of Transportation will close the busy span over Interstate 465 for five months instead of seven.
I-465 renamed USS Indianapolis Memorial Highway
The interstate loop around Indianapolis was formally renamed for the cruiser sunk in shark-infested waters of the Pacific Ocean during the closing days of World War II.
Green group: I-69 will drain money from other projects
Indiana's 142-mile extension of Interstate 69 between Indianapolis and Evansville will siphon hundreds of millions of dollars away from other road and bridge projects in coming years, according to a report from an environmental group.
Environmental groups sue to block I-69 construction
Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads and the I-69 Accountability Project said the road expansion would violate federal environmental laws.
INDOT rejects Monroe County plan excluding I-69
In the latest turn in the battle of wills over the $3 billion highway connecting Indianapolis to Evansville, department officials nix plan because it excludes Bloomington-area section of the expansion.