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Municipality of the Year: Indianapolis is A Leader in Infrastructure

December 6, 2021

Indianapolis, the largest city in Indiana, is truly the crossroads of America. It’s home to the Indy 500, multiple Fortune 500 companies and has just received one of the highest grades on ASCE’s infrastructure report card.

Infrastructure is on the minds of everyone as lawmakers have just passed the largest infrastructure package in over a decade. Indianapolis will be greatly impacted by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.

It will create safer streets, strong bridges and enhanced transit. The City has 513 bridges in its infrastructure network of which 60% are at least 50 years old and 20% are at least 70 years old. The investment from this bill will allow Indianapolis to address the aging infrastructure, like the bridges, that are quickly reaching the end of their lifespan.

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