City Launches New Indianapolis Pothole Dashboard

The Department of Public Works released a searchable tool tracking thousands of resident pothole requests each year.

Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Utilities

Screen-print poster illustration of a freshly patched dark asphalt road section with a steel tamping tool across a neat repair seam. — Indianapolis launched a searchable pothole dashboard on November 10, 2026, letting residents track thousands of pothole requests by address and date. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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The Indianapolis Department of Public Works released a new pothole dashboard on November 10, 2026, replacing a version deactivated in early 2025 after unresolvable technical issues. Residents can search the tool by address and filter by date.

Why it matters

Pothole reports help crews target immediate repairs and inform the city's long-term road priorities. The dashboard gives residents a transparent view of requests as local road funding is set to expand.

More than 27,000 pothole requests have been resolved so far in 2026. Council leaders project more than $850 million in local, state and city money for road repairs over the next five years, though the extraction does not detail how that total will be distributed.

The players

Indianapolis Department of Public Works

The city agency responsible for maintaining Indianapolis roads and managing its capital improvement plan, including a five-year, $1.4 billion program.

Indianapolis City-County Council

The legislative body of Indianapolis and Marion County that approved the vehicle tax increases to fund road repairs beginning in 2027.

The details

Residents can report potholes through an online form on the Request Indy website or mobile app, or by calling the Mayor's Action Center at 317-327-4622 on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Department of Public Works says reports guide immediate repairs and shape longer-term road priorities.

August 2026: Indianapolis City-County Council passed vehicle tax increases.
November 10, 2026: The new pothole dashboard was released.
2027: A flat $100 county excise surtax fee for passenger vehicles and $50 million in annual state road funding take effect.

Roadmap

The August 2026 City-County Council vehicle tax increases set a funding path for Indianapolis road repairs beginning in 2027. The new dashboard provides the request-tracking layer that will show whether that money reaches the streets residents report.

Residents with potholes on their streets can report them online or by phone and search the dashboard by address to track progress. Owners of passenger vehicles will see a flat $100 county excise surtax fee beginning in 2027, which replaces a variable wheel tax.

The takeaway

Checking the new dashboard by address before reporting a pothole can show whether a repair is already scheduled. Residents can also submit new requests through Request Indy or the Mayor's Action Center to help direct crews.