Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett delivered the final State of the City address of his first term Wednesday night, speaking to a crowd in Union Station’s Grand Hall. During his speech the mayor announced a proposal to address long-standing infrastructure issues in the city.
Deteriorating roads, bridges and sidewalks have become a focal point for Indianapolis politicians in recent years, and a major component of election campaigns from both parties. There is bipartisan consensus that city administrations have underspent on infrastructure for decades, but conversations about long-term solutions to the problem, at least publically, seem to have stalled.
