Comments on: Who’s Gonna Decide If You Pay Tolls?

By: Fleur-De-Lis

Fleur-De-Lis — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:44:25 +0000

The Bridges Project will create 56,000 new construction jobs as well as ensure the survival of over 100,000 logistics based jobs.

The Metro Council Resolution that passed the committee simply allows the project to move forward as it was approved by the Federal Government. It does not advocate one idea for financing the project over another.

The public has been involved throughout the process. Is their a particular number where you magically have enough public involvement? The meetings were held and if you were unable to attend I am truly sorry.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has a number of more than 450 meetings relating to the project throughout Louisville Metro and Southern Indiana. These range from small neighborhood gatherings to large public hearings during the Environmental Impact Statement and the ongoing design phase. More than 4,000 written comments were submitted in response to the project’s Environmental Impact Statement and about 5,000 comments were submitted at public meetings and online in the bridge design type selection.

Lets just move forward and avoid getting caught in the ditch of divisive local politics. This project will benefit our entire region as well as the flow of goods in the eastern half of the United States.

By: Joey B

Joey B — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:44:06 +0000

Someone who understands financing of large projects would be the most beneficial.

This legislation is ONLY for expediting the financing. It does NOT give ANY authority over changing the project or revisiting alternatives.

Hopefully logic would dictate and try to get the east end bridge completed ASAP so that there is an alternate traffic route during construction downtown.

By: Mark H (Not Hebert)

Mark H (Not Hebert) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:47:36 +0000

I would have to agree Mark S. However, I think we made be able to tap into some lucrative Federal grants and increment tax funding if we go instead with the endangered and minority-qualifying African Swallow.

By: Mark S - answer man

Mark S - answer man — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:35:59 +0000

Although a definitive answer would of course require further measurements, published species-wide averages of wing length and body mass, initial Strouhal estimates based on those averages and cross-species comparisons, the Lund wind tunnel study of birds flying at a range of speeds, and revised Strouhal numbers based on that study all lead me to estimate that the average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour

By: Knights who say Nee

Knights who say Nee — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:59:03 +0000

A shrubbery!

By: bill

bill — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:02:02 +0000

Isnt mayor Jerr a swallow? oh thats right, he is a swallower!

By: Mark H (Not Hebert)

Mark H (Not Hebert) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:23:01 +0000

I don’t know…Ahhhhhh!

By: Cat

Cat — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:18:04 +0000

Mark H (not Hebert),
Is that an African or European swallow?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:49:00 +0000

I’d like to see appointees whose minds are open to the possibility that only one new bridge (in the East End) would be (1) sufficient to alleviate enough congestion downtown and/or (2) all we can afford, since the total cost of two new bridges plus the reconfiguration of Spaghetti Junction surely would necessitate tolls that nobody wants to pay.

If tolling is a foregone conclusion, then appoint any public pests on whose backs you want big targets.

By: The Mayor of Television

The Mayor of Television — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:59:29 +0000

Someone from Cordish should definitely be on the commission, of course.