Urban Indiana

State to examine options for road funding

When an Indiana task force meets this month to discuss future funding for state and local roads, Mayor Joe Hogsett's administration will face an uphill battle with its proposal to change the funding formula that strongly favors rural areas.

The Funding Indiana's Roads For a Stronger, Safer Tomorrow Task Force will consider a myriad of long-term funding issues, such as how the increasing usage of electric vehicles will reduce gas-tax revenue used for road funding.

But a legislative priority for Hogsett's Democratic administration is changing the state's road-funding formula that distributes $660 million for local roads every year.

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https://www.ibj.com/articles/state-to-examine-options-for-road-funding.com