2013_BSBA

Feb 19 Ky Representatives Overly and Combs introduced HB456, enabling financing of BSBA. Here are pdf versions, the 2nd which is marked for greater comprehension: Unmarked Marked

Feb 19 At 18:00, the Kenton County Fiscal Court convened an Open Meeting at the Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills. Wishing there was a record of statements made during the 3 hour open meeting attended by several hundred, here we pursue more knowing:

The BSB is at the center (map) -- the heart -- of the most populous portion of the North American continent, at the core of the, uniquely tri-state, 4-million/growing Metropolitan Statistical Area. On the map, the color of each MSA is darkened in proportion to population (red in US, green in Canada). Translucent black glass over each state is darkened in proportion to state population, providing best contrast for each minute yellow dot representing 1000 people.

3. Kevin Gordon represented Independent Business Association of Northern Kentucky, LLC, advocating reconsideration of a plan to connect I-71 components without overlap of I-75 as now occurs terminating at the Kentucky border.

4. Todd Portune, Hamilton County Commissioner and Chair of the OKI Council, represented a Buckeye perspective.

5. After listening to nearly 30 citizens, including john, the Fiscal Court voted unanimously to Oppose Tolls, by affirmation of Resolution 13-03.

In summary, tolling apparatus is a capital expense, a new bureaucracy, and an added operational expense that must be paid. Increasingly tolls must be considered in more local or regional situations such as Louisville where national imperative is less operable. The Cincinnati Bridge is the premier national imperative! It is the midPoint of a NATIONAL ARTERY critical for national security and general commerce. Where else on this national artery do we find tolls?

Leaving South Florida, Interstate 75 follows Alligator Alley, a toll facility linking the Miami metropolitan area with Naples and Fort Myers. Yes, there really are alligators hanging out in the canals and waterways along Interstate 75, especially through the Big Cypress National Preserve. This is the only toll road along the entire length of Interstate 75 (there is a toll bridge in Michigan).

The said "toll bridge in Michigan" is the Mackinac Bridge connecting lower Michigan to the Upper Peninsula serving daily traffic of 12,000 over suspension bridge span of 3,800 feet completed 1957 (prior to I-75). Wiki Excerpts:

By the end of 1953, estimates and contracts had been negotiated. Total cost estimate at that time was $95 million dollars with estimated completion by November 1, 1956. Tolls collected were to pay for the bridge in 20 years.^[9]

The Mackinac Bridge is currently a toll bridge on Interstate 75 (I-75). Prior to the coming of I-75, the bridge carried US Highway 27 (US 27). It is one of only three segments of I-75 that are tolled, the others being the American half of the International Bridge near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Alligator Alley in Florida. The current toll is $4.00 for automobiles and $5.00 per axle for trucks.^[2] The Mackinac Bridge Authority recently raised the toll to fund a $300 million renovation program, which would include completely replacing the bridge deck.^[12]