Governor Eric Holcomb and the Indiana Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that 224 Indiana cities, towns, and counties will receive a combined $133.4 million in state matching funds for local road projects through the Community Crossings Matching Grant program.
Marshall County was awarded $1 million for paving Plymouth-Goshen Trail between city limits to U.S. 30, as well as 10B from State Road 17 to the Marshall County Line and Queen Road from U.S. 30 to 6th Road.
Starke County was awarded $1 million for chip seal projects on multiple roads in Railroad, Wayne, California, Washington, and North Bend Townships.
The City of Plymouth was awarded $632,030.50, and the Town of Winamac was awarded $187,363.75 for paving on various streets throughout town.
To qualify for funding, local governments must provide local matching funds of 50 percent for larger communities or 25 percent for smaller communities and have an asset management plan for maintaining existing roads and bridges. Indiana law requires annually that 50 percent of the available matching funds be awarded to communities located in counties with a population of 50,000 or fewer.
State lawmakers identified long-term funding for Community Crossings as part of House Enrolled Act 1002, passed by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Holcomb in April 2017.
