INDOT advances State Road 13 improvement proposal through Middlebury public process

The Indiana Department of Transportation has moved proposed improvements on State Road 13 in Middlebury into a public-notice and public-comment process. The change gives residents, commuters, businesses and local officials an opportunity to review the proposal and comment before the project advances.

INDOT’s public notice is dated May 19, 2026. It concerns proposed improvements on State Road 13 in Elkhart County and identifies the project as DES. No. 2100196.

Meeting planned at Middlebury library

INDOT scheduled a public meeting at the Middlebury Public Library, 101 E. Winslow St., in Middlebury. The meeting is intended to support public review of the proposal and provide a setting for comments during the current stage of the process.

The approved source material identifies the meeting location but does not provide a meeting date or time. It also does not provide a separate deadline for submitting comments. Residents should confirm those details through the official project notice before making plans to attend or submit input.

Emergency and school coordination included

As the proposal moves through review, INDOT said it will coordinate with Elkhart County emergency services and local school officials. The notice specifically includes Middlebury Community Schools among the local entities involved in that coordination.

That coordination is relevant to people who use State Road 13 for daily travel, school-related trips, emergency response and local business activity. The project could change travel conditions and safety along a principal Middlebury corridor, but the available materials do not say whether traffic lanes, intersections or property access would change.

Proposal is not final approval

The public notice establishes the project’s location, identification number and public-participation process. It does not provide the full engineering scope or final design. The available source material also does not identify a construction start date, project cost or potential right-of-way impacts.

Nothing in the approved packet establishes that construction has begun or that the project has been funded. The proposal has not been identified as approved or final. Those distinctions matter for homeowners, renters, taxpayers, commuters and businesses trying to understand whether immediate changes to the road or nearby properties are expected.

The next known step is public review through the planned meeting and comment process. WVPE separately reported on April 30, 2026, that INDOT had outlined plans for State Road 13 in Middlebury, providing local-media context before the state’s May 19 public notice.