On Nov. 20 the Carroll County Administrative and Technical Transportation Committee reviewed updates to the INDOT 18‑month letting list and discussed schedule changes that affect local projects.

Tim Sureshine summarized the changes, noting district-level rebalancing pushed some projects outside the 18‑month window captured by the list. He said the committee should expect a December letting on a bridge replacement at Deer Creek and that "we had a project that moved back a little bit on the waiting list on US 421... it has moved back to March 2027," while remaining in the same fiscal year for MPO accounting.

Staff explained the moves are a common consequence of statewide district rebalancing and that projects may reappear on a future letting list when schedules are adjusted. Committee members raised local maintenance concerns tied to recently completed work on US 421, including reports from farmers that heavy vehicles were encountering failed asphalt; NDOT staff said maintenance crews are investigating the signed-off project.

What’s next: staff said they will continue to monitor letting schedules, relay updates to the committee and coordinate with maintenance crews on localized pavement failures reported by constituents.