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I-70 Toll Road Proposal Would Charge a Car $15.60 to Cross State
Indiana plans to fund $6.5 billion I-70 reconstruction with toll revenue bonds, aiming to avoid an 89-year timeline without tolls, officials say.
- On Monday, the Indiana Department of Transportation filed an application seeking Federal Highway Administration approval to toll the full 156-mile Interstate 70 corridor for about $6.5 billion in reconstruction.
- After the Legislature gave the governor authority last year, INDOT says declining gas-tax revenue and stagnant federal funding prompted the waiver request.
- Modeling shows tolls of 10 cents per mile for passenger vehicles and 54 cents per mile for semi-trailers, about $15.60 and $84.24 respectively, with open-road electronic tolling and roughly $3.3 billion in toll revenue bonds.
- Rep. Jim Pressel, R‑Rolling Prairie, said tolling could start around 2029, with reconstruction lasting eight to 10 years; officials say public controversy is likely, but tolls are seen as necessary.
- With more than 60 percent of pavement rated poor or fair, 115 miles have safety concerns, INDOT says widening to six lanes would cut fatal crashes by 32 percent, while a 2024 revenue study found current funding could take 89 years to finish.
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Indiana's Application Details Need, Plan for I-70 Tolls
Gov. Mike Braun’s administration has proposed charging $15.60 in tolls to drive a car across Indiana on Interstate 70 in order to pay for widening all of that highway to six lanes. The state’s application seeking federal approval for I-70 tolling and outlining $6.5 billion in improvements was released Monday by Braun’s office after a public records request by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. The prospect of additional tolling is likely to face pub…
I-70 toll road proposal would charge a car $15.60 to cross state
INDIANAPOLIS — A state plan to turn I-70 into a toll road includes a rate proposal of 10 cents per mile for passenger vehicles and 54 cents per mile for large trucks. At this rate, it would cost a car $15.60 to travel across the entire 156-mile stretch of I-70 border-to-border and cost a semi [...]
Indiana wants to toll I-70. A full cross-state trip could cost drivers nearly $16
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana is pushing to add tolls to I-70, and it could cost passenger vehicles $15.60 to cross the state, and $84.24 for a semi truck.Governor Mike Braun signed legislation in May giving the state authority to move forward, and INDOT has already submitted a formal application to the federal government seeking approval.The plan would charge drivers 10 cents per mile and truck drivers 54 cents per mile across all 156 miles of I-70 from…
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