To qualify, communities need to design, develop, purchase land and bid out the projects within five years.

Urban planning experts say Houston's flat landscape, outdated drainage system and unchecked development have left the city vulnerable to catastrophic flooding.

A significant amount of spending in the new budget is focused on public safety and infrastructure.

The plan would result in 10,000 miles of existing highways being resurfaced and about 1,300 bridges being repaired or replaced.

UPS will open a $260 million shipping hub in Plainfield - one of the first big logistics investments to come after the state passed its road funding plan.

Crews are upgrading the line through Franklin as part of Louisville & Indiana Railroad's plan for faster and longer trains between Indianapolis and Louisville, Kentucky.

But communities have a lot of road repairs, and the new money won't cover all of them. So local leaders now have to make choices.

Progress on improving the state's water infrastructure is "incremental."

Indiana's infrastructure task force approved recommendations that include raising taxes to generate funds for roads and bridges.

Some lawmakers are concerned an infrastructure debate will focus mostly on roads and bridges and a water infrastructure discussion will get drowned out.