Initial work on the highway's final 26 miles to Interstate 465 in Indianapolis is planned through Martinsville outside the current Indiana 37 lanes.

The funding is a key part of Mayor Joe Hogsett's 2019 city budget and it could finance a variety of projects - streets, bridges, traffic signals, curbs and sidewalk improvements.

Some communities use wastewater from producing oil and gas to reduce dust on country roads. It's legal to do so in 13 states, including Indiana.

Fluctuating temperatures have created more potholes than usual, but the Department of Public Works promises help is on the way for Indianapolis drivers.

Michael Warren's project, which he calls Open Source Roads, reveals a lot about the different ways residents and governments try to care for their communities.

The change many Hoosier cities are spending millions to make can help boost the local economy, but can also be hard on small businesses.

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.

The House approved comprehensive road funding legislation that raises fuel taxes and opens the door to tolling Indiana interstate highways.

GOP lawmakers faced questions and doubts about their proposals to raise fuel taxes at a town hall meeting, from a crowd that's normally supportive of them.

The proposed first steps would cover less than half of the state's needs.