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INDOT explains Community Crossings changes under HEA 1461; lawmakers debate wheel‑tax rules and lane‑mile distributions
Summary
INDOT briefed the committee on changes to the Community Crossings matching grant fund under HEA 1461, including a $100 million cap and a reduced maximum grant size; legislators questioned whether local wheel taxes are required and how lane‑mile distributions will work, with INDOT clarifying no wheel‑tax adoption is mandatory.
Aaron Wainscott of INDOT walked lawmakers through changes to the Community Crossings matching grant fund under House Enrolled Act 1461. "Now has a $100,000,000 cap on the total amount of community crossings matching grants that we are able to distribute over the course of a fiscal year," Wainscott said, and noted INDOT reduced the maximum individual grant from $1.5 million to $1.0 million to spread funds among more local units.
Wainscott described the staged distribution triggers built into the updated fund: beginning July 1, 2026, $100 million will be available for Community Crossings matching grants; in…
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