Beshear comes to Louisville to announce extensive 6-year highway plan

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stopped in Louisville on Friday to lay out his plans for infrastructure reform.

Beshear spoke at the 46th annual Kentucky Transportation Conference at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville to announce his six-year Recommended Highway Plan. The plan, Beshear said, addresses concerns about safety, regional access and the economic development of Kentucky transportation systems.

Jefferson County would see needed repairs to roads and bridges, including a number of infrastructure investments in the LouMed district and Shawnee Park. By far the largest project is a $3.3 billion plan to add a companion bridge beside the Brent Spence Bridge that connections Covington to Cincinnati along Interstate 75.

The three "focus areas" in the plan are:

Taking care of existing roads and bridges
Executing construction projects to upgrade the transportation system, including three priority projects: a Brent Spence companion bridge in Northern Kentucky, the I-69 Ohio River Crossing in Western Kentucky and the Mountain Parkway Expansion Project in Eastern Kentucky
Honoring past bridge and road commitments and advancing ongoing projects

"We are investing more in our roads, in our bridges, in our airports, in our riverports, in our rail than ever before," Beshear said. "It is helping us to have the best economic boom we have seen in our history."

All proposed projects will need to be approved by the state legislature with more than $8 billion in state and federal funding by 2030.

To see Beshear's full highway plan, click here.

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Beshear comes to Louisville to announce extensive 6-year highway plan