Session Number
113
Session Title
US 231: How to Get a State Highway Built When the Funding Falls Short
Track Title
Local Community Transportation
Event Description/Abstract
After 35 years of planning and several stalls in construction due to funding issues, the US 231 Relocation Project was completed and opened in September 2013. In this presentation you will learn how the MPO, LPAs, and Purdue University worked creatively with INDOT to get the project completed, including having locals perform their own value engineering.
US 231 How to get a State Highway built when the funding falls short!
After 35 years of planning and several stalls in construction due to funding issues, the US 231 Relocation Project was completed and opened in September 2013. In this presentation you will learn how the MPO, LPAs, and Purdue University worked creatively with INDOT to get the project completed, including having locals perform their own value engineering.
