Interstate 69 (Indiana)
Indiana’s Interstate 69 extension is a 142-mile stretch of that the Indiana Department of Transportation divided into six independent project sections, with original cost estimates of $2 billion for the entire stretch. INDOT spearheaded construction for sections one through four, all of which are currently complete and open to traffic.
The project’s fifth section gained notoriety after the state entered a public-private partnership with a Spanish-based consortium. Plagued with an extensive list of delays and cost overruns, the troubled project has since become a prime example of yet another P3 failing to deliver on promises of a speedy completion and big savings for taxpayers.
Get the full story from Ortiz on Infrastructure
How Indiana Saved Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Interstate 69 — and then Blew It (Part 1)
How Indiana Saved Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Interstate 69 — and then Blew It (Part 2)
Final miles of I-69 expected to take years, $1.5 billion to complete
Indianapolis Business Journal » As the state moves closer to starting work on the final stretch of the Interstate 69 extension, one thing is clear: It’s going to take many years and lots of money to complete the last 26 miles of the Evansville-to-Indianapolis project.