INDOT schedule makes no sense

Is there any other state agency that gets more criticism than the Indiana Department of Transportation?
Probably not.
It’s easy to gripe about traffic cones and detours and potholes. After all, when Hoosiers are driving INDOT highways every day, there are bound to be complaints.
But sometimes INDOT brings it on itself.
Consider this fall.
If you happened to be someone interested in traveling north or south in East Central Indiana this autumn, you would learn to your surprise that INDOT has decided to work simultaneously on Ind. 1, U.S. 27, and Ind. 227, the three major north-south corridors through the region.
Obviously there’s some reason that all three are being taken on at the same time. But, just as obviously, nobody at INDOT stopped to think that this wasn’t a good idea for anyone trying to get from point A to point B in this part of the state.
If they’d thought about it for half a second, they would have come up with a better way of doing things.
Can you still get from point A to point B?
Sure, but if you follow the INDOT-approved detour, you’ll go several miles out of your way.
If you try to find a more sensible detour on county roads, you’ll add to the wear and tear on those routes. And you’ll probably be sharing narrow tarmac with truckers who have made the same decision because the INDOT-approved detour takes them too far out of their way.
Any detour is a nuisance, but we all know that’s the price we pay for road construction and repair.
What doesn’t make sense is the notion of doing work on Ind. 1, U.S. 27, and Ind. 227 simultaneously. —J.R.