This year's program is part of a larger $131 million commitment for stormwater improvements, to be used over the next four years.

The announcement comes one year after the city experienced a particularly harsh winter, which helped create widespread potholes that took months to address.

The recommendation by the I-69 Ohio River Crossing Project Team calls for tearing down one bridge.

A study presented to Elkhart's Redevelopment Commission last month showed options starting on the low end at $3.8 million in capital costs and $4.8 million in a 5- to 10-year life cycle cost.

A federal report suggests America's interstates are worn, overused and highly congested. It also recommends billions of dollars in fixes,

A company using crowd-sourced data to evaluate road conditions says Indiana's roads are the third worst in the nation. State officials say they use a more reliable method of surveying road health.

Indiana currently operates Ohio River ports in Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon and a Lake Michigan port at Burns Harbor.

WFYI's Taylor Bennett spoke with Bob Schultz with Downtown Indy, Inc. about the condition of the city's very visible landmark.

Bipartisan efforts around public safety and infrastructure helped get a unanimous vote from the council on a $1.2 billion city budget.

The commission was created to discuss what resources the city has to address infrastructure problems, what it needs, and how to close that gap.