The Indiana Department of Transportation is now accepting applications for the fall 2023 call for projects for the Community Crossings Matching Grant Program.
Community Crossings is a component of Gov. Holcomb’s Next Level Roads program. For Indiana cities, towns and counties to qualify for funding, local governments must provide local matching funds of 50% for larger communities or 25% for smaller communities and have an asset management plan for maintaining existing roads and bridges.
This program will match funds to support local road and bridge projects across Indiana.
The application window is open now through July 28. Applications will be evaluated based on need and current conditions as well as impacts to safety and economic development.
Cities and towns with a population of fewer than 10,000 will receive funds using a 75/25 match.
Cities and towns with a population of greater than 10,000 will receive funds using a 50/50 match.
Since 2016, the state has awarded more than $1.74 billion in matching funds to support local road and bridge projects in Indiana.
State lawmakers identified long-term funding for Community Crossing as part of House Enrolled Act 1002, which was passed by legislature and signed into law by Holcomb in April 2017.
In April of this year, Jackson County received nearly $3 million in funds through the program that will cover areas of Jackson County, Seymour and Brownstown.
According to the award list that was released at that time, Jackson County received $991,380, and Brownstown and Seymour each received $1 million.
The city of Seymour will match its $1 million grant from the Seymour Redevelopment Commission.
With the completion of the Burkart Boulevard bypass as well as other CCMG projects from 2021 and 2022 completed, the city is looking for bids for the 2023 projects in the next few months.
Multiple other road projects will be underway in the coming months, as well.
Reconstruction of Second Street is scheduled to begin in 2024, and O’Brien Street is scheduled to begin in 2025. Both are federally funded projects.
The total cost for O’Brien Street currently is $16 million, and the current total cost for Second Street is $10.66 million.