I-70 and US 41
The Common Sense Route for I-69
Between Evansville and Indianapolis

• Nearly $900 million less expensive than INDOTs favored route
• Saves thousands of acres of farmland, forest and wetland
• Only 13 minutes longer

A Common Sense I-69
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We can build an Interstate 69 highway between Indianapolis and Evansville, right now. Without wasting taxpayers' money, without destroying our farmland and without years and years of more fighting about it. We can do it by choosing the fiscally and environmentally responsible US 41/I-70 route for I-69. US 41/I-70 is the common sense alternative to a wasteful, destructive and unpopular whole new highway for I-69. Building a whole new highway is the wrong plan for I-69 and is opposed by a broad cross-section of individuals and organizations. Major newspapers oppose it. So do taxpayers, conservation, farm and consumer groups. More than 120,000 Hoosiers have signed petitions against it. The controversial and unpopular all-new highway would: Waste taxpayers' money Damage our communities It's no wonder that NBC News branded the new-terrain I-69 as a "Fleecing of America."

"I am asking, and recommending, that the process of going forward with plans for I-69 be halted or at least slowed down. The residents of Perry Township, White River Township, and Johnson County deserve more information from their governmental officials. Steamrollers are for construction and should not be used to suppress public opinion."

Senator Lawrence W. Borst, D.V.M. (R-Greenwood)

Chair, Senate Finance Committee

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There is a better way

Upgrading US 41 to an interstate and connecting to Interstate 70 is the right plan for I-69. It's less expensive, it preserves Hoosier farmland, and local people along the route support it. That means US 41/I-70 can make I-69 a reality decades sooner than it would take to build a new interstate from scratch. And it's only 12 to 14 miles longer between Indianapolis and Evansville than a new highway would be. That's Hoosier common sense.

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INDOT's planned interstate would bisect the Patoka National Wildlife Refuge in Pike County