Indianapolis Regional Airport to handle heavier ‘birds’
Airport Authority OKs runway extension at Hancock County facility, fueling competition with Hamilton County's Executive Airport.
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Reopening of Ohio River bridge gives lift to businesses
The reopening of the Sherman Minton Bridge has business returning to normal more than five months after a crack in load-bearing steel led to Gov. Mitch Daniels to order the span over the Ohio River closed.
Airport begins taking stock of Super Bowl’s business impact
The Super Bowl generated more than $1 million in merchandise sales at Indianapolis International Airport and brought 528 additional aircraft to the facility and its regional reliever airports.
Talks start on developing ‘airport city’ to boost region
The Indianapolis Airport Authority is moving ahead with plans to build an “airport city” centered on its property, but not without buy-in from the surrounding communities.
IDEM: I-69 construction affecting streams
The Indiana Department of Transportation and a contractor on the Interstate 69 project downstate have been cited for more than a dozen deficiencies in preventing erosion and the flow of sediment into streams.
Nuts-and-bolts distributor’s sale leaves suppliers empty-handed
The purchaser, The Whitesell Group of Companies, bought the assets but not the liabilities, including $5 million owed to various unsecured creditors.
State to motorists: You break it, you buy it
Crash into a guardrail and chances are now higher that your insurer—or you—will get a repair bill from the Indiana Department of Transportation. INDOT has deployed a new way of tracking damage to state property at crash scenes and quickly collecting money from those responsible.
Ameriplex development OK’d after ‘soap opera’ meeting
Over objections from Mayor Greg Ballard, the Indianapolis Airport Authority and Indy Park Ride & Fly, the city’s Metropolitan Development Commission gave the green light to a 31-acre, 3,700-spot parking lot in the Ameriplex development on the city’s west side.
Abandoned gas stations both vex, brim with promise
The trick is to determine in advance just how expensive and lengthy that cleanup might be.
Republic cutting up to 180 jobs in Milwaukee
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. expects to transfer 230 crew members to other cities as it cuts flights by its Frontier Airlines unit in Milwaukee, where it will eliminate as many as 180 jobs.
Ohio River bridge could reopen early
The Indiana Department of Transportation said Tuesday that if weather cooperates the Sherman-Minton Bridge linking Louisville, Ky., and New Albany, Ind., may reopen about a week ahead of the contractor's March 1 deadline.
Frontier trims Milwaukee flights as Republic seeks buyer
Frontier Airlines will cut daily departures from Milwaukee by 44 percent to drop unprofitable flights as Indianapolis-based parent Republic Airways Holdings Inc. prepares to sell or spin off the carrier.
Fishers warehouse to close, costing 248 jobs
New York-based Sony DADC Americas will start shutting down its Fishers distribution facility in May and lay off all 248 workers by September, the company said Friday morning.
Scopelitis Garvin Light Hanson & Feary opens Dallas office
It is the ninth office for Scopelitis, which serves the trucking, transportation and logistics industries.
Wheaton acquiring residential mover Bekins
Wheaton World Wide Moving is buying the nation’s oldest and one of its largest household movers, Bekins Van Lines. The deal is expected to bring 38 jobs to Wheaton’s northeast-side headquarters.
Republic shareholders cheer plans to shed Frontier
A $120 million restructuring that included job cuts and cost reductions has returned Frontier Airlines to profit, allowing Republic to move ahead with the separation.
Warehouse company expands in Franklin
A refrigerated warehouse company plans to expand its facility in Franklin, investing $26 million and creating as many as 50 jobs by 2014.
IndyGo ridership way up during Super Bowl festivities
Passenger traffic on IndyGo buses rose nearly 40 percent during a 10-day span leading up to game, thanks to free rides on fixed routes during four of the days.
Greenwood entices e-commerce company to stay
The Greenwood Redevelopment Commission on Tuesday evening approved an incentives agreement with One Click Ventures LLC, which plans to hire 109 people over the next five years.
Local trucking company shut down for safety violations
Indianapolis-based trucking firm U & D Service Inc. was ordered to cease operations by federal authorities after being declared an “imminent hazard” to public safety.