Use this version. Email this to a friend. The information superhighway will meet the asphalt highway in Indiana. The state hopes to select a vendor inthe fall.
Officials say it's the first such effort in the state to open up interstaterights of way.
State officials said installing new telecommunications routes will supportbroadband networking applications for state and local governments, universities,colleges, schools, libraries and rural health networks. It also could allowfor future electronic toll-collection facilities and other computerizedservices. Approved bidders will be given nonexclusive access to theright of way in exchange for reasonable compensation, Reed said.