An Open Letter to the Elected Officials of Kentucky and Indiana
The closure of the Sherman Minton Bridge has had a devastating effect on Louisville and Southern Indiana communities and has damaged the backbone of the logistics industry that serves as an economic engine for the entire region.
Motorists throughout this region are experiencing first hand the impact of inadequate and failing infrastructure. It means added congestion, delay, pollution, accidents and injury. It is costing businesses thousands of dollars a day, as people and goods sit in traffic or are forced to endure miles of re-routing.
To meet the region’s transportation needs over the long term, we must expand our cross-river options, and there is a plan on the table to do so.
The Ohio River Bridges Project is currently held up by regulatory and legal bureaucracy. We are asking our elected officials, like you, to work with President Obama and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and ask them to speed the federal approval process for the Bridges Project and assist in any regulatory issues, to move this project forward quickly.
Furthermore, we ask that the Bridges Project become an immediate and top priority for state and federal funding. We acknowledge that the solution will require a combination of funding sources—including tolls—and by maximizing state and federal funding, those tolls can be fair and reasonable.
Business leaders have already stepped forward to offer private loans to help enable an immediate start of construction of the East End Bridge, the first component of the Bridges Project. We endorse that plan and urge you to work with your elected counterparts in Kentucky, Indiana and Washington D.C. to make it a reality.
For this region to succeed and prosper, we need expanded cross-river mobility – so, let’s get it started. Thank you for your help in solving this regional transportation crisis.
Sincerely,
The leadership of the following companies and organizations:
A.C. Equipment Rental, Inc.
ADFX, LLC
Abel Construction
Advanced Business Solutions
Advanced Distribution Services
Aebersold Florist
Allen’s Heating & Air, Inc.
Alliant Technologies
Allied Cleaning Solutions
Azalea Hills Assisted Living Community
B&S Electric Supply
B-Dry Systems of Louisville, Inc.
Bagshaw Trucking Inc.
Bandy Carroll Hellige
Beam Global Spirits and Wine
Bennett & Bennett Ins., Inc.
Blue Apple Players
Booz Allen Hamilton Louisville/Ft. Knox
Brown-Forman
C & I Engineering
CBRE/Louisville
CGB Enterprises
CLEO Personnel Solutions, LLC
CSX
Capistrano Associates, Inc.
Capital Asset Management, LLC
Carbide Industries, LLC
Charcoal & More
Callistus Smith Agency, Inc.
Charlestown Landing, LLC
Cindy Kanning, Consultant in Corporate Communications and Management
Commonwealth Commercial Real Estate
Comstock Brothers Electric Co., LLC
Construction Materials Laboratory, LLC
Corydon Stone & Asphalt, Inc.
Count Earthwell Energy Management, Inc.
Creative Alliance
D.A. Inc.
Dan Cristiani Excavating Co., Inc.
Derby Dinner Playhouse
Diversified Automation Inc.
Downtown Development Corp.
Eagle Steel
Earth First of Kentuckiana, Inc.
Elder Advisers
Elmcroft Senior Living
Environmental Compliance Source, LLC
Excelsior Video & DJ Service
Executive Image
Fairfield Inn & Suites – Jeffersonville
First Savings Bank
Frank H. Monroe Heating and Cooling, Inc.
GCH International
Genentech
GenKey Group, LLC
Generations Monuments & Memorials, Inc.
Gohmann Asphalt and Construction, Inc.
Gotta Go, Inc.
Gotta Go Dumpster Service, LLC
Greater Louisville Building & Construction Trades Council
GUESS? Inc.
Halo Applications & Communications, LLC
Harding, Shymanski & Company, PSC
Hawkeye Security and Electronics
Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
Hitachi Cable Automotive Products–USA Inc.
Hoosier PS, Inc. d.b.a. Penn Station East Coast Subs
Horseshoe Casino and Hotel Southern Indiana
Houston-Johnson Industries
Hughes Group, Inc.
Humana
IMC Framed Art & Mirrors
ISCO Industries
Idealogy Marketing + Design, LLC
Independent Concrete Pipe Co.
Institute for Lean Systems
Interlock Industries Inc.
Irving Materials Inc.
JP Sales & Marketing
Jacobi, Toombs & Lanz, Inc.
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana
Kavanaugh's Insurance Agency
Kentucky Association of Manufacturers
Key Electronics Inc.
Kobe Japanese Steakhouse
Koetter Construction
Kovert Hawkins Architects
LSI Wallcovering Inc.
Labor-Works International
Logistics and Distribution Institute (LoDI) at the University of Louisville
MVBS Jeffersonville, LLC
Maker’s Mark
Memphis Meat Processing
mini-MAX Information Systems Inc.
Nu-Yale Glacier Cleaners
Nugent Sand Company
Nicholson Insurance Agency, LLC
Nicklies Development
Northern Continental Logistics
Norton Healthcare
Office Environment Company
Ohio River Metal Services
Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons Unions (OPCMIA)
Oswald Companies
Pamela S. Carter
Paradigm Engineers & Constructors
Parkside Apartments of Charlestown, LLC
Paul Ogle Foundation
PayLogic
Pegasus Transportation
Premier Home Care
Premier Packaging
Presentation Academy
Preston-Osborne
Pro Laminators
ProMedia Group, LLC
RH Clarkson Insurance Group
RR Donnelley
R&R Limousine
R & R Subs d.b.a. Jimmy John’s
Rauch Inc
Raytheon Company
Region 10 Workforce Board, Inc.
River City Revolution
River Ridge Development Authority
Riverton Truckers, Inc.
Roy Hunt Equipment, LLC
S & J Precision/Filtration Technology Systems Inc.
SR Wood, Inc.
Sam Kinnaird’s Flooring
Sam’s Food & Spirits
Samtec, Inc.
Sellersburg Stone Company, Inc.
Sellersburg Storage Station
Schmitt Furniture Company, Inc.
Schuler Bauer Real Estate
Sonoco Products
Stein Automotive
Summitt Trucking, LLC
Symmetric Management Services, LLC
The Compression Institute
The Storage Station Georgetown
The Sullivan University System
Today’s Family Magazine
Today’s Transitions Magazine
Today’s Woman Magazine
TownePlace Suites – Louisville North
True Colors Tanning, LLC
Underproduction Multi-Media
VCS Global
Voluforms
Warren Technology
West Louisville Business Association
Westminster Village and Healthcare
Whayne Supply Co.
Wiggam Lumber
Written ‘N Stone
Yum! Brands, Inc.
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