With construction set to start on the Brent Spence Bridge that carries interstates 71 and 75 acriss the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Kentucky, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told WCPO in Cincinnati that he will leave it to Cincinnati to work with Kentucky on construction.
“Whatever is occurring as far as the off-ramps and the other roads in Cincinnati, we defer to the people of Cincinnati,” DeWine said in a statement. “We defer to the mayor, we defer to the council, and the other business leaders of the community. So, we’re willing to work with them. What we don’t want to do is see the building of the bridge slowed up appreciably. We want to continue to move forward on that bridge.”
Meeka Owens, Cincinnati City Council member, said it’s the council’s job to work on projects exactly like the corridor.
“We are decision-makers,” Owens said in a statement. “People have elected us to tackle the big things, and this is one of them.”
City council members have not said when they will have a final plan for construction.
The contract announced in July addressed six of the corridor’s eight total miles, including five miles of I-71/75 in Kentucky and one mile of I-75 in Ohio.
It also includes improvements to the Brent Spence Bridge and the construction of a new companion bridge to its immediate west. Work on the two northernmost miles of the corridor in Ohio will be done under separate contracts.
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Source: Yahoo News
