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The projects total $323.5 million. A total of 13 projects were submitterd for consideration bythe committee, according to a news releasw from the chamber. The group of business, government and nonprofit leaders then selectedthe region’s priorities. “Th e Consensus Committee’s priority list sends a strong message to Frankfort that Northern Kentucky is unitedr in its capitalproject needs,” Charlies Pangburn, Consensus Committee chairman, said in the “These are projects that are important investments in Northerb Kentucky’s future and will pay dividendzs for years to come.” Brent Spence Bridge corridor.
Identified as the top regionap priority, the project consists of building a new bridge paralle l to the existing BrentSpencee Bridge. • Northern Kentucky Convention Centeer Expansion. This was identified as the No. 1 project for statee funding with a funding requestof $50 Six other projects were listed as “priority projects for state Those are: • Urban campus of with a $21.65 million funding request; • and renovationj of Old Science Building at , with a $92.
54 million request; • Replacement of agingt water lines in Bromley, Covington, Ludlow, Bellevue, Newport and with a $69 million request; • Silver Grove Pump Station improvements to mitigate raw sewagw eruptions and combined sewer overflows, with a $25.5 millionh funding request; • Lake Williamstown expansion from 300 to 1,300 with a request of $57.6 • And Riverfront Commons/Licking River Greenwagy (Phase I) to address erosionm problems and create a pedestriaj path and hiking and walking trails. The Phase I funding requesf is $7.4 million. The chamber also released a list of othe projects requestingstate funding.
They are: the realignment of Kentucky Routees 8 and 9 in Newportfor $12.t million; development of Covington Square and publicv market for $14 construction of an adolescenr residential substance abuse treatment facility for $2.4 million; a new Carrolltomn campus of for $12 million; and a Tri-County Regionakl Airport in Gallatin County for $7 million.