Carmel eyes plan for traffic nightmare at Keystone and 96th St.
City officials hope to start construction in 2017 on a nearly $32 million teardrop roundabout that would bridge through traffic over 96th Street.
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Financing strategy for roads hits bump
A standard-bearer of public-private partnerships since former Gov. Mitch Daniels’ toll road lease, Indiana might be turning away from at least one form of the P3s.
City-County Council to vote on $70M bond issue for roads
The plan scales back Mayor Greg Ballard’s original proposal for borrowing $150 million to help handle street repair.
Anderson bridge replacement denied federal money
Local officials say they're moving ahead with plans to replace a main bridge over the White River into downtown Anderson despite the $15 million project being rejected for a federal grant.
Leaders navigate politics of infrastructure repairs
Indianapolis doesn’t have a long-term street paving plan, and as political leaders look to spend at least $300 million more on infrastructure, the city appears more vulnerable than its peers to partisan bickering.
City-County Council OKs $16M more in road-repair spending
The amount adds to the already $8.3 million in street-repair spending that was approved by the council May 12.
Keystone-style overhaul discussed for key Hamilton County corridor
A study recommends replacing as many as 10 signalized intersections along State Road 37 with roundabout interchanges, dropping the highway under the cross streets.
Democratic councilors wrangle road repairs for districts
Indianapolis might forego repairing some heavily traveled, winter-damaged roads to instead focus on shoddy streets spread among all City-County Council districts.
Drivers brace for U.S. 31 closure near Indianapolis
Residents and businesses in the northern suburbs of Indianapolis are preparing for the start of an eight-month closure of U.S. 31 as part of the project upgrading it to interstate standards.
Study will seek answers to transportation funding issue
The Indiana Department of Transportation will launch an expansive study seeking new ways to finance road construction and maintenance, according to a bill passed by the Indiana legislature awaiting the governor's signature.
Changes to U.S. 31 cause worry in Carmel
A large section of Meridian Street in Carmel will be transformed to a limited-access highway by the end of this year.
Potholes devouring municipal budgets locally, across U.S.
About three-fourths of U.S. states and many cities, including Indianapolis, have outspent their maintenance budgets dealing with the extreme weather.
Locals to get $25M from highway bill, under House changes
Indiana communities could get a sliver of the $400 million proposed for state highway projects, under an amendment from the Indiana House on Thursday.
Special Report: City’s building spree leaves trail of spoils
Mayor Greg Ballard takes pride in Rebuild Indy, the city’s nearly $400 million program that doubled the volume of public works projects—and became engineering and construction firms’ largest business opportunity with the city in more than a decade.
Speedway to create $14M roundabout next to IMS
The project will connect 16th Street with Crawfordsville Road and Main Street. However, Georgetown Road will be cut off from the intersection and come a dead end.
Greenwood’s Old Town revival targets sidewalks, traffic flow
Greenwood city officials are in the early stages of a downtown revitalization plan that would begin with an investment of up to $9 million designed to make Old Town more appealing to both vehicle and foot traffic.
I-69 leg gobbling up state’s road funding
As legislators brace for a $250 million annual transportation spending gap down the road, the Indiana Department of Transportation has designated more than one-third of its entire federal highway aid this year toward building 27 miles of Interstate 69 between Crane and Bloomington.
Greenwood shoots for upscale I-65 interchange
Greenwood’s leaders plan to be discriminating about what can be built near a new Interstate 65 interchange at Worthsville Road, slated for construction in 2014.
Old concrete plant to be razed for road, nature area
Project will serve new Interstate 65 exit, serve as gateway to Greenwood.
Work begins on $2.6B Ohio River bridges project
Indiana and Kentucky officials applauded the ceremonial start Thursday of an early phase of a project to build two new Ohio River bridges, signaling that decades of talk soon will become one of the nation's largest active public works endeavors.