Indiana legislators are announcing the disbursement of funds for the Community Crossing Grant program, which matched up to $1 million from local governments for work on roads and bridges.
Republican Sen. Greg Walker of Columbus announced this morning that his district will receive $3.9 million in this extra road funding. Of that, the largest part will go to Bartholomew County, which will receive $836,011. Other Bartholomew County communities receiving funding include:
- Columbus — $349,816
- Hope — $211,504
- Elizabethtown — $59,325
- Hartsville — $36,946
Smaller counties and towns have to put up 25 percent of the matching funds, while larger communities provide 50 percent to be matched.
Other area communities receiving funds include:
- Nashville — $181,082
- Decatur County — $730,569
- Greensburg — $701,715
- Westport — $139,860
- Seymour — $706,731
- Crothersville — $423,406
- Jennings County — $731,636
- North Vernon — $753,838
- Vernon — $72,801
- Johnson County — $337,013
- Franklin — $602,894
- Greenwood — $512,396.36
- Shelby County — $564,388
The Community Crossing Grant program was started by the General Assembly in 2016. For more information, go to www.in.gov/indot