FRANKFORT, Ind. – Frankfort City Street Superintendent Jason Forsythe is awaiting word if the city will be awarded matching grant money that will be used for a variety of road improvement projects in 2022. The funds will come from the Indiana Department of Transportation – Next Level Roads: Community Crossing Matching Grant; according to INDOT, an announcement could be made by late October or early November 2021.
“If the City is awarded the grant, we will have to open bids for the paving projects and secure contractors before the winter weather arrives,” said Forsythe in a prepared statement. “It would be a tight timeline for us to complete the projects before the end of the year.” The City of Frankfort would encumber the funds with the 2022 resources budgeted for road repairs if awarded the grant in 2021,
Four of the paving areas would include sections connecting to State Road 28 and another section of paving off of Washington Avenue. Forsythe said, “We don’t want the contractors to come back twice or waste extra resources to complete the paving again once the State Road 28 Project is complete.”
The Community Crossing Matching Grant Program provides funding to cities, towns, and counties across Indiana to make improvements to local roads and bridges. This program is a partnership between the Indiana Department of Transportation and Indiana communities to invest in infrastructure projects that advance economic development, job creation, and local transportation.
Members of the Frankfort Street Department (Photo from Frankfort Street Department Facebook)
