INDOT Announces $80-100 Million Call for
Rural Local Projects
‘Common Paths’ Unifies Safe,
Efficient, Accessible Transportation Programs
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Speaking
before the Purdue Road School conference today, Indiana Department of
Transportation Commissioner Brandye Hendrickson announced that rural cities,
towns and counties may begin submitting project applications late this month
for an estimated $80 to $100 million in federal transportation funding.
“INDOT sets aside a quarter of its
federal-highway funds each year for local transportation projects,”
Commissioner Hendrickson said. “Keeping the project pipeline full puts this
funding to work in improving quality of life because roads mean jobs.”
Metropolitan Planning Organizations
distribute federal highway funds to cities, towns and counties within the
state’s larger urbanized areas while INDOT distributes funds outside MPO areas.
For this latest round of funding, rural communities would design, develop and
purchase land for projects that would be bid during the fiscal year beginning
July 2020.
Common Paths
As part of the call for project applications, $5 million in federal funding will be made available for
sidewalk improvements in rural communities. In addition, INDOT plans to invest
$2.5 million each year to improve crosswalks and other sidewalk infrastructure
along state highways in both rural and urban communities.
The new sidewalk program is part of
a larger “Common Paths” umbrella that INDOT unveiled today. Common Paths
unifies and implements the agency’s transportation programs and policies
regarding transportation planning and design, including Complete Streets,
bicycles and pedestrians.
“Whether you are traveling in a
personal vehicle, using public transportation or enjoying various non-motorized
forms of travel, we all have common paths in seeking safe, efficient and
accessible transportation,” Commissioner Hendrickson said.
To learn more about Common Paths,
visit www.in.gov/indot/3419.htm.
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