INDOT hearing tonight on I-65 widening proposal

The Indiana Department of Transportation wants your thoughts on a contractors’ plasn to add lanes to Interstate 65 between Columbus and Seymour.

The agency will hold two public meetings this week looking for comments on the plan. The $143 million dollar project would widen and update the 14 miles of the interstate, adding traffic lanes between U.S. 50 in Seymour and State Road 58 in the Walesboro area. It would also rehabilitate seven overpass bridges.

They will be holding public meetings at Columbus City Hall tonight, and at the Brownstown Town Hall on Thursday. Both meetings will start at 6 p.m. with a presentation on the contractor’s plan.