Louisville area bypass among Kentuckys top 2020 priorities
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet recently announced its list of prioritized highway projects for the Bluegrass State, which included 17 Louisville-area projects that made the high-priority list.
Among the top transportation projects that made the state’s list for lawmakers to consider next year is a Louisville bypass proposal. Detractors of creating a third bypass around the city are calling it “another Gene Snyder” and have expressed concern about how this latest proposed bypass will impact the rural areas it will go through.
A recommendation was made to put aside $5m for the upcoming year to conduct a transportation study for the bypass. A $1.9m preliminary study, approved by the state, is now underway to investigate possible routes. Focus groups comprising primarily politicians and government officials are considering possible routes, which will be reduced to about four by late summer or early autumn. Their final report is anticipated sometime in the fall.
Sometimes, local business, particularly restaurants and bars, utilize flyer printing to publicize the best work around for their customers impacted by road construction prior to its start.
In fifth place on the state’s priority list, and at the top of the local list, is widening I-71 between Gene Snyder Freeway and Zorn Avenue, priced at $211m. On Kentucky’s list, the overall highest project is the widening in Fayette County of Ky. 922, immediately followed by the Brent Spence Bridge project at $1.2bn between Cincinnati and Kenton County.
Among the top transportation projects that made the state’s list for lawmakers to consider next year is a Louisville bypass proposal. Detractors of creating a third bypass around the city are calling it “another Gene Snyder” and have expressed concern about how this latest proposed bypass will impact the rural areas it will go through.
A recommendation was made to put aside $5m for the upcoming year to conduct a transportation study for the bypass. A $1.9m preliminary study, approved by the state, is now underway to investigate possible routes. Focus groups comprising primarily politicians and government officials are considering possible routes, which will be reduced to about four by late summer or early autumn. Their final report is anticipated sometime in the fall.
Sometimes, local business, particularly restaurants and bars, utilize flyer printing to publicize the best work around for their customers impacted by road construction prior to its start.
In fifth place on the state’s priority list, and at the top of the local list, is widening I-71 between Gene Snyder Freeway and Zorn Avenue, priced at $211m. On Kentucky’s list, the overall highest project is the widening in Fayette County of Ky. 922, immediately followed by the Brent Spence Bridge project at $1.2bn between Cincinnati and Kenton County.