Vigo County gets $1 million grant for roads

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TERRE HAUTE — Vigo County will receive $1 million in Community Crossings grant money which the county will match with $1 million in local funds

The funds will be used to improve  1.8 mile of Robertson Road from Rio Grande Avenue to Davis Avenue; 1.1 mile of Davis Avenue from Canal Road to Sidenbender Road; 1.3 mile of Houseman Street from 30th Street to Springhill Drive; 0.2 mile of 30th Street from Houseman Street to Sidenbender Road; 4.5 miles Trueblood Place from Oregon Church Road to Indiana 246; 4.5 miles of Miami Gardens Road from U.S. 40 to Rio Grande Avenue; and 2.8 miles of New Goshen Avenue from Libertyville to New Goshen.

The following communities also received grant money from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT).

* City of Brazil $227,842

* Clay County $1 million

* Parke County $803,326

* Town of Rockville $596,505

* Universal $74,987

* Vermillion County $993,455

* West Terre Haute $571,839