$1.93M in Community Crossings grants going to local transportation projects

Dubois County communities will receive over $1.9 million in state matching grants for road and bridge improvement projects as part of the biannual Community Crossings Matching Grant program.

The funds are dedicated to road and bridge preservation, road reconstruction, intersection improvements, guardrail replacements and signage, and can cover material costs for chip sealing and crack filling operations.

In this series of grants Dubois County received $497,150.52; Jasper received $549,846.50; Huntingburg received $783,999.75; and Ferdinand got $102,893.38.

In all, nearly 200 cities, towns and counties received funding. To be eligible, local governments had to provide local matching funds of 50 percent for larger communities and 25 percent for smaller communities. They must also have an asset management plan for existing roads and bridges.

State law requires 50 percent of the available matching funds be awarded annually to communities within counties with a population of 50,000 or fewer.

To date, Hoosier communities are on the receiving end of more than $1 billion in Community Crossings Matching Grants.