IndyStar: INDOT looks for public input on I-65, I-70 in Indianapolis

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Most major public projects go a certain way: An agency comes up with their proposals, then the public gets to put in their two cents. And that input may or may not translate to real changes to the plans.

For the future of nearly all of I-65 and I-70 in Indianapolis, the Indiana Department of Transportation will start with the public.

A 2-year endeavor to collect public opinion on what should be done to the more than 60-year-old highways begins Wednesday, which INDOT hopes will result in recommendations it can then carry into its typical project development process.

"I don’t think anything is off the table," deputy chief of staff Scott Manning told IndyStar Tuesday.

The formal process is called a Planning and Environment Linkages study, or PEL, which asks the public to weigh in on how these corridors should be considered in terms of mobility, safety, economic and community development and connections to public transit.