Speaker Brian Bosma said it was "important" for the governor to vocalize his support and convince voters that it is important for the Legislature to raise revenue through increased gas taxes or vehicle fees.
The Indiana Department of Transportation said northbound lanes of Interstate 465 reopened Wednesday, only one day after a truck carrying heavy equipment heavily damaged a highway overpass on the west side of Indianapolis.
An increase in state gas taxes, tolling and a vehicle fee are among many possibilities suggested by a task force to pay for road improvements expected to cost as much as $1.2 billion annually.
Incoming Gov. Eric Holcomb has said he wants to develop an infrastructure plan that could cover the next 20 years. But he has yet to weigh in on specifics and hasn't indicated his stance on a tax increase.
Transportation officials in Indiana and Illinois expect to complete a revised environmental impact assessment for the proposed 47-mile Illiana Expressway between the two states this fall.
Crews have resumed work on an Interstate 69 project between Bloomington and Martinsville after halting operations earlier this month due to lack of payment.
Standard & Poor’s has issued its second ratings downgrade as delays plague construction of the interstate between Bloomington and Martinsville.
A southern Indiana mayor blamed Gov. Mike Pence's administration on Wednesday for allowing a private developer to fall behind in payments to subcontractors, leading to a work stoppage on a new section of the Interstate 69 extension project.
A company that sold more than 160,000 trucks last year intends to spend $12.35 million to lease and equip a 283,500-square-foot facility for sending parts across the Midwest.
State officials are continuing to finalize the route for the final leg of the Interstate 69 extension project in central Indiana while concerns remain over delays in completing work on another section.
In a recent report, Fitch Ratings expresses doubt that the section of I-69 between Bloomington and Martinsville will be completed by its June 2017 deadline.
The state estimates it may need to buy up to 279 homes and 96 businesses for the Interstate 69 extension between Indianapolis and Martinsville.
Based on input from businesses, design options could include retaining walls, shifting the route to the east or west, and selecting different ramp locations.
Transportation officials say a highway construction project south of Indianapolis is winding down just as another massive project north of the city is beginning.
Indiana officials say that the state's new road funding task force will discuss plans to move forward with an Interstate 69 bridge linking Indiana and Kentucky.
More than $235 million worth of development is anticipated or already under construction along the roadway through Carmel and Westfield—and that doesn’t include a handful of the projects with undisclosed costs.
Automated trucks initially will have drivers on board in case something goes wrong, a similar model to the one employed by airlines (pilots’ role in the cockpit is mostly precautionary since planes can run on autopilot).
INDOT has agreed to pay to make changes to an environmental impact statement to try to revive the proposed Illiana Expressway toll road project linking northern Illinois and northwest Indiana.
After more than a decade of fighting Interstate 69 and then watching it plow through their land anyway, a south-side Indianapolis couple thought they were done.
Steve Russell started Celadon Group Inc. in 1985 and built it into one of the most-recognized trucking companies in the country, as well as one of the largest public companies in Indianapolis.
