Ohio Controlling Board approves $4 million study for new Brent Spence bridge construction project
Recently, the Ohio Controlling Board approved a $4 million study by HNTB Ohio, Inc. to determine “the value and viability of various private-public partnerships” to fund the $2.5 billion construction of a new Brent Spence bridge between northern Kentucky and Cincinnati, Gongwer reports. The current bridge is structurally sound, but has more traffic than it was designed to handle, the article said. The study will also examine the effect that a new bridge toll would have on traffic patterns in the area, although legislators from northern Kentucky — which owns the bridge — are opposed to setting up tolls and may bail from the project completely, the article said.
