5 area highway projects qualify for stimulus funds

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Five more northeast Indiana highway projects are among 33 statewide that qualify for federal stimulus funding, the Indiana Department of Transportation announced today.

The area projects are:

Indiana 1 travel lanes, Allen County;
Travel lanes at U.S. 20, Steuben County;
U.S. 33 at Indiana 109 intersection improvement, Noble County;
Environmental mitigation in Pokagon State Park, 500 feet north of Indiana 127 and Interstate 69, Steuben County; and
Indiana 1 functional hot mix asphalt from Indiana 427 to U.S. 20, Steuben County.

The 33 projects in 20 counties statewide are valued at $157.9 million, and bring total money set aside for projects in Indiana to $257 million, the transportation department said in a statement.

Indiana has exceeded the $230 million required to be obligated by July 1, the statement said. As a result, the state is eligible to receive unspent money left over from states that didn't obligate half their stimulus funds by the deadline.