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Following an initial investigation into design flaws by a private engineering company that were believed to be responsible for a large amount of truck rollovers on the ramp from I-465 South to 70 East in 2005, a local news station conducted a series of reports entitled “Highway Robbery” that went on for two years.  These reports exposed fraud, waste, corruption, and political favors as courses of business for the Indiana DOT.   Additionally, concerns are being expressed about a recent transaction in which a private consortium took over the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road with a one-time payment of $3.8 billion. 

5/11/2009 - Barron's - The Long and Binding Road

3/31/2008 - Forbes.com - Indiana Toll Road Rates Set to Rise

6/27/2007 - Washington Post - Indiana Lawmakers at Odds Over Toll Road

5/25/2007 – WISH TV – I-Team 8:  New INDOT Behaving Like Old INDOT 

2/23/2007 – WISH TV – Highway Robbery: Part Twelve; Construction Companies Flex Political Muscle 

2/8/2005 – WISH TV – Highway Robbery: Part Seven; INDOT Failed to Use Bid Rigging Software 

2/8/2005 – WISH TV – Highway Robbery: Part Six; No-Bid Contracts, Outside Firms Add to Project Costs

2/7/2005 – WISH TV – Highway Robbery: Part Five; Handful of Construction/Design Firms Get Lion’s Share of INDOT Contracts 

2/4/2005 – WISH TV – Highway Robbery: Part Three;  Construction Company Suing INDOT Over Mich. Road Project