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WHAT UNSUSTAINABLE URBAN GROWTH LOOKS LIKE
Ron Heustis of Indiana Dept of Transportation with Andy Barber - Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, getting ready to tell Metro Council about the status of the Bridges Project 12-13-12
METRO COUNCIL OK WITH $ 10 Billion BAD BRIDGES DEAL STORY HERE
Engineering flags show where contractors will soon be clearing 42 acres of woods to make way for the East End Bridge. The 42 acres of wooded area along
River Road is identified summer maternity habitat for the endangered Indiana Bat that is being decimated by white nose syndrome - WNS.
It should be obvious that the public purse in Louisville is unguarded by our elected Council members and open to plunder. It seems any tassel-loafered genius who wants to propose a new venture that puts millions in the pocket of big engineering and banking firms can count on Metro Council turning a deaf ear to objections from the 98%. So it is we pay for Yum Center or inducements for an NBA team to relocate or pay for 35 years for the mis-conceived bridges project.
Building both bridges costs $ 1.6 billion according to the latest contractor estimates, but a private toll operator will collect tolls for 35 years after construction amounting to more than $ 10 billion in toll revenue.
Who gets the $ 8.4 billion difference ? and why we are paying so much in excess of the actual cost is apparently an uninteresting question in the ‘ville.
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The EAST END BRIDGE at Prospect, Kentucky multiple environmental impacts HERE
The Bridge Tolls for Us HERE
Global warming and local transportation planning
Soterion Corporation sale of the Drumanard Estate
to KYTC needs probe HERE
East End Bridge approach at Harrods Creek crossing will put Piers in the Creek HERE
Transparency needed in the $ 1.6 Billion Indiana- Kentucky Bridges Project and the development of the former naval ammunition plant as
River Ridge Commerce Park HERE
Handpuppets for the Bridges Project HERE
Comments on the Louisville Bridges Project submitted to the FHWA in the NEPA process HERE
Deicing salt corrosion causes concrete failure and steel to rust costing billions of dollars in repair costs. See Downunder the Bridges HERE
Deicing salt corrosion causes concrete failure and steel to rust at I-65 Downtown Corrosion HERE
Overapplication of sodium chloride Roadsalt is poisoning the groundwater in the U.S. HERE
Deicing salt corrosion and repairs of the
Sherman Minton Bridge HERE
Louisville’s K&I railroad Bridge HERE
KENTUCKIANA REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
KIPDA’s regional planning authority is being used to make the future look like the past MPO Power
Regional Transportation planning must include public consultation --you didn’t come and KIPDA doesn’t care. KIPDA’s public outreach falls short HERE
Regional Transportation Planning is a
Civil Rights issue HERE
