Democratic mayoral candidates Jim King and Tyler Allen spoke out Tuesday about proposals to impose tolls to pay for new bridges over the Ohio River in Louisville.
Tag: orbp
Bridges Authority Hears Public Comment
The Ohio River Bridges Project came under fire Thursday at a meeting of the authority tasked with overseeing its execution.
Bridges Authority Meets
The bi-state authority tasked with overseeing the Ohio River Bridges project met Thursday.
Yarmuth, Hill, LaHood To Meet
Congressman John Yarmuth of Louisville will meet with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Representative Baron Hill of Indiana Monday in Jeffersonville.
Bridges Authority Holds Second Meeting
The bi-state authority that will oversee the construction of two new Ohio River Bridges in Louisville met Wednesday.
Bridges Authority Meets
Kentucky and Indiana leaders say they expect quick progress on plans to build two new bridges over the Ohio River in Louisville now that a panel appointed to oversee the project has begun its work.
Bridges Authority Unlikely To Curb Opposition
The bi-state authority appointed to oversee the long-debated Ohio River Bridges Project is set to begin meeting this month. The fourteen-member panel, with seven member each from Kentucky and Indiana, is committed to building spans in downtown Louisville and eastern Jefferson County and a reworking of Spaghetti Junction, now with an estimated cost of more than $4 billion. Opposition groups, however, are committed to fighting the project. They favor some variation of the current plan, and say the formation of an authority isn’t going to silence them.