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Indiana Creates Ohio River Bridges Commission
Kentucky and Indiana are moving closer to progress on the Ohio River Bridges Project with adoption by the Indiana General Assembly of an Ohio River Bridges Commission that will negotiate with Kentucky for a plan to finance and construct the project. 
Click here for the news release.
Click here for coverage by the Courier-Journal.
 
Bridges Legislation Passes Overwhelmingly in Kentucky Special Session!
The Kentucky General Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation for a bi-state public authority to oversee and ensure construction of the Ohio River Bridges Project. The legislation will lead to thousands of new jobs, safer bridges and roads, and reduced congestion.
Click here for the news release.
Click here for the Courier-Journal editorial.
Click here for WDRB's interview with Greater Louisville Inc.'s Joe Reagan regarding Bridges progress.
 
 
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT NOW!
Show your support for the Bridges Project and the legislation adopted by the Kentucky General Assembly.
 
Here is what you can do: 
Email legislators. Click here for a pre-drafted message you can quickly submit to legislators.
 
Send a letter to the editor. Click here for the online letter submission link at The Courier-Journal.
You can personalize the letter and below are suggested points:
  • We need the Bridges Project under major construction to create jobs now and in the future.
  • The project is an economic stimulus package for Kentucky and Indiana that will pay back with jobs for generations to come
  • We need jobs – unemployment is above the national average in Kentucky and Indiana.
  • We are a major logistics and economic hub and we cannot afford to become a bottleneck.
  • Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson said it best: “Anybody who doesn’t understand that we need two bridges and a reconstructed Spaghetti Junction simply doesn’t understand this region of the United States.”
Businesses Show Support for Bridges Project
Nearly 70 companies, including UPS, GE, Ford and Brown-Forman, have signed onto an advertisement in support of the Bridges Project.  The ad calls the Bridges Project Louisville and Southern Indiana's "economic stimulus plan" and urges public support for the project. 
Click here for the Greater Louisville Advanced Manufacturing & Logistics Network news release.
Click here for the advertisement.
 
 

 
  

The Ohio River Bridges Project
Two new bridges and the Spaghetti Junction rebuild
Job growth, safer travel, congestion relief
  
  

Years of studies and debate show that only two new bridges and the rebuild of Spaghetti Junction
will provide a safe, reliable, cross-river transportation network, a lifeline for jobs and quality of life.

Who is The Bridges Coalition? 

The Bridges Coalition is a broad-based private, non-profit organization founded by business and economic development leaders in Louisville and Southern Indiana with the goal of completing the Ohio River Bridges Project as quickly and as cost effectively as possible. We want to educate the public about the need for the project and the benefits that will result in a better quality of life now and for future generations.  Read our brochure for more information.

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