About Major Moves
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Major Moves - History
In late 2005, Gov. Daniels launched an aggressive 10-year, $12 billion transportation plan, known as “Major Moves,” to significantly improve and expand Indiana’s highway infrastructure. A total of $2.6 billion was committed to Major Moves from the long-term lease of the Indiana Toll Road and the plan called for 104 new roadways by 2015 with 1,600 lane miles.*
Major Moves - Accomplishments through 2009
At the end of 2009, the fourth year of the Major Moves plan, the following was accomplished:
• 34 roadways complete and open to traffic
• 16 additional roadways started and under construction
• 40% of the plan’s funds obligated
• $.9 billion of the Indiana Toll Road lease funding invested
In addition to the Major Moves plan fund, INDOT benefited from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Approximately $71 million of ARRA funds have been applied to Major Moves new construction, allowing for accelerated and adjusted Major Moves projects. Finally, no additional debt or increase in taxes has been incurred to complete Major Moves projects.
Major Moves – Down the Road
By accelerating the plan, by the end of calendar year 2012, the following is to be accomplished:
• 70 (of the 104 in the original plan) roadways will be complete or substantially
under construction
• 15 roadway projects will be accelerated – when compared to the original 2005 plan
• 350 centerline miles** of new roadway will be constructed
• 3,650 centerline miles of pavement preservation projects will be completed
(which is 34% of the state’s inventory)
• 650 bridges will be rehabilitated or replaced (which is 15% of the state’s inventory)
• $11 billion will be invested in Indiana from 2005-2012
Between 2001 and 2005, prior to Major Moves, the state averaged nearly $750 million for construction per year; of that $750 million, an average of nearly $250 million per year was spent on new construction while an average of approximately $500 million per year was spent on preservation projects. With $11 billion being invested from 2005-2012, INDOT is now averaging over $1.5 billion in construction dollars annually.
Please note:
*A lane mile is defined as the centerline mile, multiplied by the total number of lanes, from point A to point B. For example, if you are traveling, from Exit 5 to Exit 15, that is 10 miles in length. If this roadway is a four-lane divided highway, there will be a total of four lanes. Four lanes multiplied by ten miles in length equals 40 lane miles.
**A centerline mile is defined as the length in miles from point A to point B. For example, if you are traveling a roadway, from Exit 5 to Exit 15, that is 10 miles in length, the centerline miles for that particular roadway is defined as 10 miles.
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