U.S. Congressman Steve Buyer | Proudly Serving Hoosiers in Indiana's 4th District

To offer more opportunity for public scrutiny of authorization requests made of Members of Congress, Members must post information on the requests they have submitted to the appropriate authorizing House Committee on their official House website at the time the request is made.

The proposed recipient, and address of the recipient:
The amount of the request:
An explanation of the request, including purpose, and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds:

More information and the authorization requests made by this office will be posted here.

Committee:  Transportation
Project Name:  6th Street Project in Monticello, IN
                            White County
Requested by:  White County Board of Commissioners
Amount:  $6.88 million
Project Description, Purpose and Taxpayers'Benefit:  $6.88 million in funding to continue the 6th Street Project in Monticello, Indiana to make travel to Indiana’s largest amusement park for efficient and more safe. For construction of the remaining segments of the 6th Street Corridor improvements in Monticello, IN, for Indiana Beach Drive (CR225N) to Gordon Road and US 421. This constitutes 80% of the total cost of $8.75 million for the project. The project has received previous federal support, including $1,250,000 in Fiscal Year 2005.

Committee:  Transportation
Project Name:  Ronald Reagan Parkway
                             Hendricks County
Requested by:  Hendricks County Board of Commissioners
Amount:  $6.2 million
Project Description, Purpose and Taxpayers'Benefit:  $6.2 million in funding for the Ronald Reagan Parkway in Hendricks, Indiana to make travel in one of the fastest growing counties in the state more safe. This amount will provide funding for the right of way acquisition and construction of the Ronald Reagan Parkway in Hendricks County, from CR200S to CR100S and the reconstruction and widening of the Rockville Road to CR100N segments. This request constitutes 70% of the total cost of $8.75 million for the project. The remaining 30% of funding is confirmed from other sources.

Committee:  Transportation
Project Name:  CityBus Bus Replacement Plan, Lafayette, IN
                              Tippecanoe County
Requested by:  CityBus, Lafayette, IN
Amount:  $2 million
Project Description, Purpose and Taxpayers'Benefit:  $2 million for the CityBus Bus Replacement Plan in Lafayette, Indiana to help transportation access to local residents. These funds would be for the purchase of replacement new hybrid diesel electric buses to help maintain service. CityBus also has plans to use separate funds to buy additional buses. The requested funds would cover 4 buses. CityBus has received federal funds previously and would be providing a 20% match for these funds.

Committee:  Transportation
Project Name: 146th Street Expansion Intersection
                            Boone County
Requested by:  Boone County Board of Commissioners
Amount:  $4 million
Project Description, Purpose and Taxpayers'Benefit:  $4 million in funding for construction of an intersection as part of the 146th street expansion, which is part of an overall highway plan involving four projects centered on the I-65/SR267 interchange in Boone County. The County is pursuing the extension of the 146th Street Corridor from the Hamilton County line to I-65. Hamilton County has begun the design of their portion of 146th Street, and will ultimately result in a four lane parkway from the Boone County line to Spring Mill Road. This project will help ease east west congestion mitigation between I-69 and I-65. These funds will be used for for the development and construction of the 146th Street extension from US 421 in Boone County, Indiana to I-65 and specifically, the application will provide funding for the construction of the CR400E and CR400S intersection, located directly east of the I-65 interchange. This is an intersection between the I-65 interchange and Anson on the 146th corridor, where a significant number of trucks have a difficult time navigating the turns and as the development expands the need will only increase. Traffic lines up at the intersection, which has really poor sight distance, and both Anson and the County have identified this intersection as one that really needs to be fixed. The expansion of 146th street received previous federal funding in the amount of $855,000 in Fiscal Year 2009. This request constitutes 80% of the intersection construction cost of $5 million.

Committee:  Transportation
Project Name:  I-65 Interchange Planning, Acquisition and Design
                             Johnson County
Requested by:  City of Greenwood and Johnson County Board of Commissioners
Amount:  $3.68 million
Project Description, Purpose and Taxpayers'Benefit:  $3.68 million to fund land acquisition and design phase for construction of an interchange at I-65 and County road 700 North to help move traffic and make travel more safe through several counties in the immediate vicinity. The new Interchange on I-65 would be at the mid-point in a 5-mile stretch from the current Greenwood exit (Exit #99) to the Whiteland exit. The interchange, coupled with road widening occurring on Worthsville Road both east and west of the proposed interchange, will bring significant economic development to the multi-county region. This interchange would connect I-65 to the proposed east-west arterial route that would serve the northern portion of Johnson County. Presently, individuals traveling east-west in the northern portion of the County, which is part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area, are forced to use primarily two-lane, rural County roads that were never designed to handle the traffic volumes which they must endure on a daily basis. In conjunction with other local communities, such as the City of Greenwood, Shelby County and the City of Shelbyville, Johnson County will be undertaking the construction of the East-West Transportation Enhancement Project. This Project will ultimately increase connectivity between major north-south corridors on the south-side of Indianapolis by providing a specific route for through-traffic traveling between these north-south roads. This project received previous federal funding for a preliminary engineering study and $237,500 in Fiscal Year 2009 funds. This request constitutes 80% of the total cost of $4.6 million for the project.

Committee:  Transportation
Project Name:  Memorial Bridge Project in the City of Crawfordsville, IN
                             Montgomery County
Requested by:  City of Crawfordsville and Montgomery Board of Commissioners
Amount:  $6,552,000
Project Description, Purpose and Taxpayers'Benefit:  $6.552 million in funding for the Memorial Bridge Project in the City of Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. The project consists of designing and constructing a new road and multi-use path to extend Memorial Drive westward to connect with US 231 highway at a new intersection. The new road extension alignment will include a new bridge to cross Sugar Creek and overpass the CSX RR. The multi use path will connect the City of Crawfordsville trail at Sugar Creek. This request constitutes 80% of the total cost of $8.19 million for the project.