Johnson celebrates bipartisan bill bringing more road funding to Marion County

Yesterday, Senate Bill 283 passed out of the House of Representatives, which changes the road funding formula in an effort to bring a more equitable amount of road funding – $8 million – to Marion County.

The bipartisan piece of legislation, authored by Sen. Aaron Freeman (R-Indianapolis), will require Marion County to receive an equitable distribution of funds from the Motor Vehicle Highway Account based on the population of the county. State Rep. Blake Johnson (D-Indianapolis), a member of the House Roads and Transportation Committee, offered the following statement today in regards to the bill:

“The passage of SB 283 represents months of hard work amongst a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and the Hogsett administration. Along with my colleagues on the Roads and Transportation Committee, I'm thrilled that our efforts have yielded progress on addressing the infrastructure needs of our state's capital city, and I'm grateful to Sen. Freeman for bringing this bill forward.”