Putnam County, Fillmore approved for Community Crossings funding

Local road funding will see an influx of $1,227,394 in state money following the announcement of the first round of the Community Crossings program for 2022.

Paired with the local match portion of the program, it will represent a total investment of $1,636,525 in local roads.

Putnam County was approved for a $1 million Community Crossings grant, while the Town of Fillmore is set to receive $227,394.

For the county, the paving projects will include:

• Heritage Drive from Betsy Ross Drrive north to Victory Hill Court: 3.7 miles representing most of the western and northern portions of the main path around Heritage Lake.

• County Road 100 East from 25 South to 200 North: 2.6 miles in Greencastle Township stretching from the northeastern edge of Greencastle, north through the old Crowe’s Bridge area and winding northeast to 200 North.

• County Road 300 West from 1050 South to Ivanwald Drive: 0.7 miles in Washington Township.

• County Road 1075 South from 300 West to 525 West: 2.5 miles west from the 300 West project as 1075/1100 South winds along with Deer Creek in Washington Township.

The $1.33 million investment is set to pave a total of 9.5 miles of county roads.

Meanwhile, with the total investment of $303,192.50 in Fillmore, town officials hope to repave the entire length of Westwood Road from County Road 475 East to Main Street as well as East Street from North Street to County Road 100 North.

In total, Gov. Eric Holcomb and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced $107.8 million in matching funds for local road projects this week.

The Community Crossings initiative has provided more than $1 billion in state matching funds for local construction projects since 2016. Funding for Community Crossings comes from the state’s local road and bridge matching grant fund.

To qualify for funding, local governments must provide local matching funds of 50 percent for larger communities or 25 percent for smaller communities, as well as have an asset management plan for maintaining existing roads and bridges. State law requires annually that 50 percent of the available matching funds be awarded to communities within counties with a population of 50,000 or fewer

The list of all communities receiving matching funds in the 2022 winter/spring call for projects is online at www.in.gov/indot/communitycrossings.