Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray is once more calling on the bistate Tolling Body to consider approving a lesser increase in rates on the three toll bridges between Louisville and Clark County, Ind.
The rates announced Monday represent an 8.3% increase, higher than the 2.5% hike a Kentucky board has pushed for.
The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority is asking a bistate tolling board to approve a 2.5% toll increase July 1, down from an 8.3% jump that it would be required to approve under current rules.
The annual toll increase on the RiverLink bridges would be tied to inflation this year. A Kentucky board is asking for action to 'minimize' the jump that would take effect in July.
Revised data for the next 30 years predicts a nearly 6 percent drop in toll income for Kentucky and Indiana based on coronavirus-related traffic changes
The state could replace a federal loan with other bonds with lower debt payments in the coming decades and more flexibility over spending toll revenue.
Democrat Sheri Donahue made the pledge on Thursday, citing a WDRB News report about a federal lawsuit against the toll network’s operators.
