FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Steve Beshear says his transportation construction plan proposes about $1 billion in new construction work in each of the next two years.
The Democratic governor told state lawmakers Tuesday night that his proposal amounts to “a lot of pavement” and a lot of jobs.
He said his proposal includes such major initiatives as converting all of the Mountain Parkway into a four-lane highway and moving ahead on the Brent Spence Bridge project in northern Kentucky.
His highway plan also includes finishing the work to turn all of Interstate 65 between Bowling Green and Elizabethtown into a six-lane highway. It also calls for continued funding to support the Louisville Bridges Project and completion of bridges over Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake in far western Kentucky.
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