US 231 - Mid-States Corridor SIU 2 Tier 2 study begins

[I-55]

INDOT will host a public meeting to present the Screening of Alternatives Report for the Dubois County section of the Mid-States Corridor Project. The meeting will take place Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at Jasper Middle School, beginning at 5:30 pm.

According to a news report, the Dubois County section, estimated to be around $1 billion, is currently projected to commence construction in 2027, with a buildout time frame of five years. 

Given the state's transportation budget concerns, I wonder where the money is coming from for this.  Based on the studies alone, there's no way this should be a bigger priority than widening I-65 and I-70.  And I've long been a proponent of doing something in Dubois County.

This project is in our governor's backyard. I would assume that his push to toll 65 and 70 will be what funds those projects, and the money from the DOT budget that would've gone to 65/70 will be directed to Mid-States instead. This project has been on the table for years and only now that there's a governor from Dubois County is anything happening.

[Life in Paradise]

INDOT will host a public meeting to present the Screening of Alternatives Report for the Dubois County section of the Mid-States Corridor Project. The meeting will take place Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at Jasper Middle School, beginning at 5:30 pm.

According to a news report, the Dubois County section, estimated to be around $1 billion, is currently projected to commence construction in 2027, with a buildout time frame of five years. 

Given the state's transportation budget concerns, I wonder where the money is coming from for this.  Based on the studies alone, there's no way this should be a bigger priority than widening I-65 and I-70.  And I've long been a proponent of doing something in Dubois County.

This project is in our governor's backyard. I would assume that his push to toll 65 and 70 will be what funds those projects, and the money from the DOT budget that would've gone to 65/70 will be directed to Mid-States instead. This project has been on the table for years and only now that there's a governor from Dubois County is anything happening.

There have been at least 3 projects (two for US231 between Huntingburg and the SW side of Jasper and one project that involved IN 162) that could have been part of this project, as the need has been known for 40-50 years.  Unfortunately, there has been a significant amount of development around both Jasper and Huntingburg that would have caused both increase in cost for property acquisition as well as forcing the routing further out (again raising costs for more miles of roadway needed).  I do wonder if they will pull back on some of the new terrain north of Jasper and perhaps only do a bypass of Loogootee.