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Indiana Recieves $40 Million From U.S. Dept. Of Transportation For Parts of I-65

The U.S. Department of Transportation will send $40 million to add lanes to I-65 in northcentral and southcentral Indiana.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation will send $40 million to add lanes to I-65 in northcentral and southcentral Indiana.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is set to send Indiana $40 million to add additional lanes to parts of both northbound and southbound Interstate 65.

The grants fund the construction of additional lanes to I-65 between State Roads 32 and 47 in northcentral Indiana, and between State Roads 46 and 58 in southcentral Indiana.

The money comes from the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or BUILD, program. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says the money goes to projects targeting several different issues.

“The BUILD program supports infrastructure improvements that advance the goals of safety, improve the quality of life, environmental protection, state of good repair, economic competitiveness, and innovation,” she says.

The 91 projects in 49 states plus the District of Columbia received portions of the $1.5 billion in grants.

Samantha Horton is the All Things Considered newscaster and a reporter at WFYI. She is a graduate from University of Evansville with a bachelor’s degree in international studies, political science and communication where she also swam all four years. Samantha has worked as a reporter at WNIN in Evansville, Side Effects Public Media, Indiana Public Broadcasting and the Kansas News Service. In 2022 she was one of two fellows with the NPR Midwest Newsroom and Missouri Independent investigating elevated blood lead levels in children.
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