Old concrete plant to be razed for road, nature area
Project will serve new Interstate 65 exit, serve as gateway to Greenwood.
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Airport may carve up ex-terminal property
Indianapolis International Airport managers say they haven’t given up hope that a single, mega-sized tenant could create an economic development boon at the site abandoned nearly four years ago when the midfield terminal opened. But the latest listing of redevelopment sites shows the former terminal complex being marketed in pieces.
Republic aims for American’s regional flights
Regional airline Republic Airways hopes to take advantage of American Airline's bankruptcy and pick up some flying on behalf of the carrier.
Commuter subsidies often go unnoticed
In a dark little corner of the tax code known as Section 132(f), the IRS lets employers provide tax-free benefits—typically, payroll deductions and/or subsidies—to employees for commuting costs. That includes vans, buses, bikes, trains, and even parking. And both parties can save, since they’re not getting dinged for their respective taxes on the amount of the benefit.
Carbon Motors still part of plan to revive Connersville plant
The maker of high-tech police cars would occupy about a third of the plant if buyer of facility makes good on $4 million purchase offer.
Ex-concrete plant to be razed for Greenwood nature area
A former concrete plant in Greenwood faces the wrecking ball to make room for a wider road. The city plans to raze the former Prairie Materials concrete plant so it can turn Worthsville Road into a major boulevard that can handle traffic from a planned Interstate 65 exit.
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.
FedEx Ground eyeing Zionsville for distribution center
FedEx would bring a distribution complex to Zionsville under a tax increment financing deal hammered out with town redevelopment commission members on Wednesday.
BP says dozens of local stations sold tainted gasoline
BP says the size of its gasoline recall is now more than twice as large than previously reported, with 4.7 million gallons distributed over the past week to about 200 gas stations as far as southwestern Ohio and southern Indiana.
Isaac brings higher gas prices, south and north
As Hurricane Isaac swamps the nation's oil and gas hub along the Gulf Coast, it's delivering sharply higher pump prices to storm-battered residents of Louisiana and Mississippi — and also to unsuspecting drivers up north in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
Anderson tests new pavement-recycling process
Anderson is the first city in Indiana to try a process that uses infrared technology to heat and melt existing asphalt, which is then broken up and removed, mixed with fresh oil and returned to the road surface.
Toyota adding jobs this fall at Indiana factory
Toyota says it is hiring the first wave of new employees this fall for an expected 400-person addition to the work force at its southwestern Indiana factory.
KAR Auction Services mum on leveraged buyout talk
Carmel-based KAR Auction Services Inc. isn’t commenting on a report by Reuters that it is talking with private equity firms about taking the company private for the third time in its 30-year history.
City builds modern database to manage aging infrastructure
Indianapolis will spend $2 million this year to create its first comprehensive, modern inventory of its streets and sidewalks.
Harrison College trying to ramp-up logistics degree offering
Nearly a year after launching an associate degree with input from industry leaders trying to solve a logistics skills gap, Harrison College wants to offer logistics classes closer to where potential students work.
Packaging manufacturer plans to expand, add 32 jobs
Cicero, Ill.-based Royal Box Group LLC said it plans to add 32 employees by 2017 and spend $3.8 million to build and equip a new plant in Greenfield.
CSX passing over Avon yard, investing elsewhere
Central Indiana’s rail terminal to the world is CSX Transportation’s Avon yard, in Hendricks County. But don’t look for much in the way of rail shipments from here directly to the West Coast. The yard operates well below capacity. Meanwhile, CSX has been investing hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure upgrades to terminals in Ohio and farther east.
Council approves ‘Complete Streets’ proposal
An ordinance that would require new and rebuilt streets in Indianapolis to be designed and constructed with multiple users in mind has been passed by the City-County Council.
U.S. 31 project leaves many living in uncertainty
The new U.S. 31 highway project is designed to make travel faster and safer between South Bend and Indianapolis, but many aren’t happy with the property-acquisition process.
INDOT: I-69’s first 65 miles may open in November
The first 65 miles of Indiana's Interstate 69 extension from Evansville to Indianapolis are expected to open to traffic in November once contractors finish up the project's first leg, state highway officials said.