(Indianapolis, IN) - A number of area communities have been awarded Community Crossings grants for road improvements. The program is a component of the state’s Next Level Roads program.

Below is a list of the local communities and the value of their matching grants:

• New Carlisle $587,546.25
• Porter County $1,000,000.00
• South Bend $1,000,000.00
• St. Joseph County $1,000,000.00
• Marshall County $1,000,000.00
• Starke County $749,478.00
• Valparaiso $1,000,000.00
• Wanatah $118,380.00
• Westville $89,999.99
• Winamac $125,400.00

224 Indiana cities, towns, and counties received a combined $107.8 million in state matching funds. Neither La Porte nor Michigan City were in this round of road funding.