1:06pm

Tue May 8, 2012
The Commonwealth

Business Leaders Head Brent Spence Replacement Project

Julie Janson, president of Duke Energy in Ohio and Kentucky and chair of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber board of directors, announces the creation of the BN Coalition to help fast-track the $2.5 billion replacement of the Brent Spence Bridge.

The Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky business community is taking the reins of the $2.5 billion Brent Spence Bridge replacement project, business leaders announced Monday. The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Duke Energy, and the Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments have formed a coalition to fast-track the project and devise a way to pay for it.