NKY leaders support the Brent Spence Bridge project in the middle of the financing of freezing

Covington, Ky. -Covington leader emphasize the need for the state financing of the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project in the middle of the Freeze of the Federal Funding Funding of the Trump management.

A federal judge temporarily stopped the enforcement of Trumps by Monday, February 3. The Trump government announced on Wednesday afternoon that it is promoting its financing -Freeze memo.

The multi-billion dollar transport project has three components: the construction of a new bridge along the I-71/i-75 corridor, improvements in the existing bridge and improvements along eight miles that approach both sides of the Ohio river.

The design for the project has been in progress since 2005.

According to a press release from the city of Covington, the recent cost estimates were at least 3.6 billion dollars, with the federal government distributed $ 1.6 billion in January 2023.

“As a route for 2 billion US dollars per day and many thousand workers’ commuters, the effects of the Brent Spence Bridge can not be overestimated on local, regional and national trade,” said the mayor of Covington, Ron Washington, in a press release.

The mayor and others have held talks with high-ranking employees from the Kentucky, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul and the US MP Thomas Massie as well as the office of Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno. They also spoke to managers of the OKI Regional Council of Governments and regional corporate groups.

According to the city of Covington, any delay would increase the construction costs of the project. Even a conservative escalation of 1 percent due to a 90-day break could lead to an increase of more than $ 36 million in this project alone.

“Covington was instrumental in the right size of the project said in a press release. “In view of what is at stake here, I assure our companies and residents that we are still loudly moving to the construction phase when relocating the project, and our federal partners share our careful optimism.”

The city of Covington said that the daily traffic of the Brent Spence Bridge doubles its original capacity of 80,000 vehicles a day.

You can find more details about the project in the video below.

The Brent Spence Bridge project could lead to the attractions on the river bank in Kentucky and Ohio to be closed