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Questions: 1.Do you know if people are going to repair the bridge? The Ohio Department of Transportation and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet are currently working on plans to improve the bridge over the river and the roadway network approaching it. There is a website that has a lot of information on what we are doing. The website is: [|www.brentspencebridgecorridor.com] 2,If they are, how long do you think it would take to repair it? The actual construction of the 8 mile long project will take approximately 7 years to complete once work is started. The new bridge over the river will take 2.5 – 4 years to complete depending on the type of bridge chosen. 3.Who would be fixing the bridge? Who would hire who? The construction would be completed by a private contractor that gets the project through a competitive bidding situation. Basically, the States will put together the requirements and various contractors will submit a bid on the cost. The contractor who has the lowest cost will perform the work. The States will pay the contractor. One issue I have to figure out is how to propose a solution to rebuidling public works with little tax money. 4.Could you describe to me who is funding this project and how? The current way Ohio and Kentucky fund their roadway projects is through State and Federal gas taxes. To give you an example, Ohio’s current estimated share of the Brent Spence Bridge project is nearly $1 Billion dollars. Ohio spends $1.5 Billion on road projects across the entire state each year, so to fund the Brent Spence project it would greatly impact the entire state by putting most of our money on one project. Funding other than the traditional gas taxes will probably be needed. Since this is a public works project, public money through taxes or user fees will be needed to pay for the project. If your solution is to not use tax money, then a user fee such as a fee on license plates or tolls would be needed. Facts: 1.It would cost 3-5 million to fix it. 2.Bridge lacks emergency shoulder which is very dangerous. 3.Project being fixed is a top priority. 4.The Advisory Committee aided in the establishment of goals for project success. 5.Some problems of the bridge that need to be fixed are to- Improve taffic flow and level of service Improve safety Correct geometric deficiencies Maintain connections to key regional and national transportation corridors. 6.The Brent Spence Bridge should be repaired by 2015, it should be replaced by a larger bridge that is more secure.

Contact Info: Jake Mecklenborg- jmecklenborg@yahoo.com (513) 226-2827 2714 Euclid Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45219 Stefan Spinosa- stefan.sspinosa@dot.state.oh.us 513-933-6639 8505 South SR 741, Lebanon, Ohio 45036

Solution: A solution would be that they should get a bidding system. If they got a bidding system, it would be much easier than just hiring people to fix it. You would have qualified people at a certain price. That means that they would pick the lowest bid and the people that could do a good job on the construction. That would help Rome because they wouldn't just be hiring people that don't know what their doing. That wouldn't make any sense because that would just mess up the whole project. So, that's why a bidding system would be good to use.