Study Claims Indianapolis Area Lags in Outlays for Public Infrastructure.

By Norm Heikens, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 13--The Indianapolis area lags behind the rest of the nation in building roads, schools and other public infrastructure that improves quality of life and helps companies thrive and create jobs, an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis study says.

So do other major Indiana cities, said the study from the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment.

Study author Sam Nunn said that while the results are not reason to panic -- not all the news is bad -- th