Work Proposals Sought in Brent Spence Bridge Hall Mission
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks in Covington, Ky., on Jan. 3, when federal funding was introduced for the Brent Spence Bridge. The 60-year-old span is proven within the background. (Joshua A. Bickel/Bloomberg Information)
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Kentucky and Ohio issued a name for development and design proposals to fast-track the Brent Spence Bridge Hall challenge.
“This can be a enormous step that will get us one step nearer to fulfilling the goals of 1000’s of vacationers by offering visitors reduction, elevated security and a lift to our nation’s commerce,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear mentioned.
The challenge will separate Interstate 75 visitors from native visitors and enhance freight actions by means of the vital Kentucky-Ohio transportation hall.
Saying the milestone Feb. 21, Beshear added, “Only a month in the past, we celebrated a historic $1.635 billion in federal grant funding to construct the brand new bridge crossing over the Ohio River and enhance all the Brent Spence Bridge Hall with no tolls.”
The Brent Spence Bridge connects KY and OH and is a significant thoroughfare for freight. However as freight visitors grows, so have bottlenecks.
We’re funding its rehab and development of a second bridge – stopping crashes and serving to hold provide chains shifting. https://t.co/5f0Fn8qn6G
— TransportationGov (@USDOT) February 1, 2023
Ohio Division of Transportation (ODOT) and the Kentucky Transportation Cupboard (KYTC) have issued a request for proposals to offer development and design companies on the challenge. The contact focuses on 6 of the 8 miles of the overall hall; 5 miles of the Interstate Freeway 71/75 hall in Kentucky and 1 mile of I-75 in Ohio.
Additionally included are enhancements to the Brent Spence Bridge and constructing a companion bridge to its west. Work on the 2 northernmost sections of the hall in Ohio can be performed underneath separate contracts.
“Once I’ve requested folks in southwest Ohio what points must be addressed, for a lot of, a few years the Brent Spence Bridge has constantly been on the high of the listing,” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine mentioned, including “we’re nearer than ever to starting work on this transformational challenge.”
Responses to the RFP are due March 31. The schedule requires the design-build staff to be chosen in Could, permitting for planning to happen instantly and preliminary development work to start earlier than the 12 months’s finish.
This challenge requires a “progressive design-build” contract to be awarded based mostly on {qualifications}, the perfect total strategy and worth. The successful agency will collaborate with the challenge staff and native stakeholders to decrease and mitigate challenge dangers in addition to keep away from extreme price overruns.
MAJOR MILESTONE ALERT! @KYTC and @ODOT_Statewide have issued a request for proposals for development and design companies on the long-awaited Brent Spence Bridge Hall Mission! https://t.co/yoOXLnFkUa
— Kentucky Transportation Cupboard (@KYTC) February 21, 2023
“The progressive design-build course of is the fitting supply strategy based mostly on the complexity of this challenge,” KYTC Secretary Jim Grey mentioned. “Working in collaboration with the contractor throughout the design course of will deliver extra revolutionary design concepts to the desk and enhance the challenge total.”
ODOT Director Jack Marchbanks mentioned, “This challenge connects neighborhoods, states and the nation. We are able to’t wait to get began.”
The states earned two federal grants, together with a latest $250 million U.S. Division of Transportation award from the brand new Nationwide Infrastructure Mission Help discretionary grant program to go along with the $1.38 billion from the Bridge Funding Program.
Making the DOT funding award announcement, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg mentioned, “Protected, trendy bridges be sure that first responders can get to calls extra rapidly, shipments attain companies on time and drivers can get to the place they should go.”
In January, the Federal Freeway Administration awarded the challenge the Bridge Funding Program grant to assist handle the hall that carries greater than $400 billion in freight yearly over the Ohio River.
Kentucky and Ohio additionally signed an Interstate Cooperative Settlement that enables each states to start making ready for development. It additionally defines the roles and tasks for procurement, funding, development and upkeep of the challenge.
Groundbreaking is slated for later this 12 months, with development scheduled throughout 2024 and a considerable completion by 2029.
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