Two counties balk at leasing Indiana Toll Road
Elkhart County and LaGrange County aren’t ready to join a proposed seven-county effort to lease the Indiana Toll Road.
Elkhart County and LaGrange County aren’t ready to join a proposed seven-county effort to lease the Indiana Toll Road.
Business owners along State Road 37 in Hamilton County expressed concern Monday night about losing customers during a highway project being proposed to ease congestion. Officials say the alternative is equally untenable.
A northern Indiana county's commissioners have turned to an investment bank to lead a proposed seven-county consortium that would bid on the Indiana Toll Road's lease.
The state says no decision can be made until a Tier 2 environmental impact statement is completed. That process is expected to take two to three years.
Celadon Group Inc. saw profit increase 21.2 percent in its latest quarter as revenue climbed 10.5 percent, the Indianapolis-based trucking firm announced Wednesday.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Pamela S. Hollis in Chicago on Tuesday granted ITR Concession Co. approval of the reorganization plan, which is supported by more than 87 percent of senior secured debtholders.
Indiana Public Finance director Kendra York said in a letter that the state doesn't want to take over responsibility for running and maintaining the 157-mile road.
State officials say they're still trying to figure out how to pay for finishing the Interstate 69 extension between Indianapolis and Evansville.
Calls are mounting for Indiana to reclaim the Indiana Toll Road amid concerns over its bankrupt operator's ability to maintain the 157-mile roadway and its travel plazas.
Four people who were on board a double-decker passenger bus that crashed in Greenwood this week are suing the bus company for negligence.
Supporters of the Illiana Expressway have defeated an attempt to scrap the project during a meeting of a regional planning organization.
Plans had called for the $16 million interchange to open by next summer, but delays in land purchases delayed the start of construction. It is now expected to open by the end of next year.
The state has notified the company leasing the toll road that the travel plazas need improvement. And in a letter back to the state last month, ITR Concession Co. said it has hired additional cleaning staff to handle the restrooms.
Average driver wages may rise as much as 6 percent in 2014, said Kenny Vieth, president of Columbus, Indiana-based Americas Commercial Transportation Research Co.
The operator of the Indiana Toll Road, which paid $3.8 billion for a 75-year operating lease, won approval Tuesday of a schedule paving the way to exit bankruptcy court protection in just more than a month.
The debt-ridden private company running the Indiana Toll Road intends to transfer its operations to a new entity under a bankruptcy filing planned for Monday.
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.
The state agency that oversees the Indiana Toll Road has given the highway's debt-saddled private operator until late November to prove that it's meeting its debt obligations.
Indiana has branded itself as the Crossroads of America. We take pride in being an automotive and industrial state. You’d think we’d embrace the idea of rest stops that welcome visitors and celebrate the car culture.
Hamilton County Commissioners wrapped up the local-government leg of their State Road 37 road show Tuesday, asking Noblesville Common Council to consider a resolution endorsing a Keystone Parkway-like overhaul intended to ease congestion.