KOSCIUSKO — Five areas in Kosciusko County will be receiving grant money through the Next Level Roads: Community Crossings Initiative. Throughout Indiana, 396 Indiana cities, towns and counties received a combined $150 million in state-matching funds for local road projects. 

The local awards are as follows:

• Kosciusko County — $797,587
• Syracuse — $352,688.49
• Warsaw — $251,034.16
• Pierceton — $93,938.25
• Leesburg — $67,896

Community Crossings was created by the Indiana General Assembly in 2016. Funds for the program are awarded from the state’s local road and bridge matching grant fund. To qualify for funding, local governments must provide local matching funds, 50 percent for larger communities or 25 percent for smaller communities, from a funding source approved for road and bridge construction. They must also submit an INDOT-approved asset management plan for maintaining existing roads and bridges.

The full list of communities receiving matching funds is available online.