Dubois County communities receive more than $1.1 million in state road funds

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Dubois County and three of its communities will share $1,144,774.11 in state matching grants for local road and bridge work.

The money comes from the Indiana Department of Transportation’s Community Crossings Matching Grant program. Gov. Mike Braun announced the latest round of awards at the 43rd Annual Indiana MPO-IARC Conference in Kokomo.

Local awards for fiscal year 2027:

  • Jasper: $358,545.25
  • Huntingburg: $347,277.75
  • Dubois County: $319,064.75
  • Ferdinand: $119,886.36

Statewide, INDOT awarded about $110 million to 346 cities, towns and counties. Communities applied in September.

Community Crossings grants require local governments to pay part of each project’s cost.

“What makes Community Crossings work is that local governments have skin in the game,” Braun said in a statement announcing the grants. “They’re investing alongside the state to get these projects done, making roads safer, supporting local businesses and creating more opportunities for communities across Indiana to grow.”

The Indiana General Assembly identified long-term funding for Community Crossings as part of House Enrolled Act 1002, passed in 2017. Following recent legislative changes to the program, the matching grant cap is now set at $100 million per year, and the annual cap is reduced to $1 million per local unit of government per state fiscal year. Cost favorability has allowed INDOT to exceed the annual $100 million cap the past two fiscal years.

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