INDIANAPOLIS-The Indiana Department of Transportation has moved quickly to identify 27 projects valued at $44.5 million that may be paid for through federal stimulus package funds.  The projects are located in 24 Hoosier counties, and they represent a variety of work.

"Gov. Mitch Daniels has stressed to INDOT that it is imperative to fund projects that will put people to work quickly, and these projects will do that," said Karl B. Browning, commissioner -INDOT.  "These projects have passed scrutiny by the Federal Highway Administration, and they are the closest to being ready for construction."

Through the Build Indiana Council, the construction industry told the department that they would put the most people to work if INDOT provides geographic diversity, maintains competitively sized bid packages, and provides a diversity of different types of work.  Browning said this first group of projects does that. 

Funding for these jobs depends on approval of the economic recovery act by Congress.  One of the requirements of the proposed legislation is that projects need to be shovel ready within at least 90 to 180 days, depending on which version is approved by Congress.

These first stimulus-related projects are being advertised today (Friday, Feb. 6) for bids by contractors. The bids will be opened on Friday, Feb. 27.  They will be awarded on a lowest-bid basis. 

There will be additional bid awards for potential stimulus projects announced at a later date.

(A list of these first projects is below.)

Special Stimulus Letting for Feb 27		Advertised List Feb 6. 2009
Location	Work Type	County
SR 356 - Bridge over Town Creek, 0.34 mile E of SR 203	Curve Correction Bridge Replacement	Scott
SR 56 -  Bridge over Laughery Creek, 2.64 miles W of US 50	Bridge Deck Replacement & Widening	Ohio
I-69 -Bridges over I-69 on Hursh Rd., CR 60 & CR 68 in Allen County	Bridge Deck Overlay	Dekalb
US 421-  Bridge over Little Monon Creek, 1 m S of SR 16	Bridge Deck Replacement	White
US 40 -  Bridge over White Lick Creek, 0.39 mile W of SR 267	Bridge Deck Replacement	Hendricks
SR 341 - Bridge over I-74, 0.87 miles N of US 136	Bridge Deck Replacement & Widening	Fountain
SR 331 - Over Madison Township Ditch, 5.6 miles S of US 20	Small Structure, Replacement	St. Joseph
US 231-  2.87 miles S of the S jct with SR 32	Small Structure Replacement	Montgomery
US 52 -  From 0.72 mi W of SR 352 to US 231 (W jct)	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Benton
I  65 -  From 0.2 miles N of US 52 to 5.86 miles S of SR 28	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Boone
US 31 -  4.11 N SR-250	Concrete Pavement Patching	Jackson
US 50 - From SR 37 N jct To "E" St In Bedford	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Lawrence
SR 246 -  From E jct SR 159 to SR 157	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Various
SR 3  -  From 1.54 miles S of SR 28 to 10.96 miles N of SR 28(Ritter Rd) Hartford City	Surface Treatment, Preventive Maintenance	Delaware
SR 48 -  W of Curry Pike to SR-37	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Monroe
US 31   SR-56 to SR-250	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Various
US 24   US 24, from N Jct. US 35 to S Jct. US 35, continuing on SR 29 to Burlington Ave.	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Cass
SR 56   District Line to Highland Creek Bridge	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Washington
US 35   From SR 14 to SR 10	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Pulaski
SR 149  From Industrial Blvd to US 20	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Porter
SR 58   N jct with SR 67 to SR 57	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Various
SR 61   0.81 mile N of SR 62 to 0.02 mile S of SR 68	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Warrick
SR 15 3.02 miles S of US30(Kincaid St) to 2.02 miles S of US 30(Markets St)	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Kosciusko
Various locations on SR 9 N & S of SR 8 and on SR 8 from SR 9 in Albion	Asphalt Overlay, Preventive Maintenance	Various
SR 37   1.32 miles S of SR 60 S jct to 0.97 miles N of SR 60 N jct	Concrete Pavement Cleaning and Sealing Joints	Lawrence
SR 43   From 1.93 mi N of I-65 NBL to 0.60 mi S of SR 18 (Moots Creek Bridge)	Surface Treatment, Microsurface	White
US 24 from 0.74 miles east of SR 114 to 0.54 miles west of I-69	Surface Treatment, Microsurface	Allen
TOTAL $44.5 million (cost estimate)

 

 

 

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