Toll Road Lease Passes

Despite a poll that showed less than a third of Hoosiers approved, the legislature has passed a bill that will allow the state to lease the Indiana Toll Road to a private company. Just before last night’s midnight deadline, the Senate passed the bill by a 12-vote margin, but the House vote was closer… 51 to 48. In the House, Representative David Wolkins of Winona Lake was the only Republican who voted against the bill. All House Democrats opposed it. When the Governor signs the bill into law, the state will get nearly four billion dollars for road projects, by leasing the Toll Road.