Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb is a busy man.  With Governor Mike Pence on the campaign trail running for Vice President, Holcomb is running to replace Pence in the governor’s office and is handling most of the gubernatorial duties in Pence’s absence.

Holcomb began a tour of the state today (Monday) to hand out $47 million in road and bridge projects.  Fishers will receive $1 million.

Mayor Scott Fadness plans on using this money next year to modernize 116th Street from Eller Road to Interstate 69.  The overall project will include a number of pedestrian crossings.   Fadness told LarryInFishers that the 116th Street work should start in 2017.

The funding was announced in an outdoor event in the downtown area of Carmel, with Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard hosting the news conference.  Along with Mayor Fadness, Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear and Westfield Mayor Andy Cook were also on hand.

There were a number of political reporters at the event and there was a media scrum that formed around Holcomb afterwards, allowing him to answer a number of questions about his campaign for governor against Democratic opponent John Gregg.