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.

Utilities reported replacing and upgrading distribution pipes, water treatment plants and fire hydrants are among their most pressing needs.

Indiana's roads task force may recommend the state begin tolling interstate highways.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with civil engineering professor David Levinson about the proposals, and why infrastructure shouldn't be thought of as a jobs program.