# INDOT's Highway 40 storm-water project forces Seelyville to spend $166,000 relocating water and sewer lines

## What happened
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT — the state highway agency) is running a storm-water project on U.S. Highway 40 through Seelyville that requires the town to relocate its own water and sewer lines at its own cost: $108,100 for the water portion and $58,119 for the sewer portion, a total of $166,219. ([22:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRpmS63qh8&t=1336))

Town staff said the agreements committing the town to pay are already signed and binding — a bonding agreement leaves the town, in the presenter's words, with "no say" in whether to do the work — and are awaiting the state's countersignature. ([22:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRpmS63qh8&t=1368))

## The outcome
No vote was taken at this meeting; the relocation costs were reported as an already-signed, binding commitment tied to INDOT's project. ([22:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRpmS63qh8&t=1368))

## Sources
- [Water and sewer relocation costs, 22:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRpmS63qh8&t=1336)
- [Agreements already signed, binding, 22:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRpmS63qh8&t=1368)

*Also known as: Highway 40 utility relocation · US 40 Seelyville storm water project · INDOT Seelyville utility relocation · Highway 40 water and sewer relocation*