Tuesday, March 02, 1999
Forums let people weigh in on light rail
Path through Covington, river crossing at issue
BY TANYA ALBERT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Greater Cincinnatians will have the chance Wednesday and Thursday to learn more about light rail being proposed along the Interstate 71 corridor.
The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) is planning open houses to get feedback on options for bringing the light weight, electric-powered trains through Covington and across the Ohio River.
Those are two key questions while engineering studies are under way:
• Consultants are looking at crossing the Ohio River at the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge. Using an existing bridge would save about $50 million.
• They are also considering where the tracks should run through Covington. Planners had looked at Madison Avenue but are now considering running the tracks west of that.
Preliminary engineering is scheduled to be done at the end of 2000. The region will then decide whether to build the system, or to forget about light rail in the corridor.
ON THE WEB
For more information about light rail visit the OKI Web site at www.oki.org
OPEN HOUSES
Wednesday
• Times: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a presentation at noon; 4-7 p.m., with presentations at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Where: Christ Church, 318 E. Fourth St., downtown Cincinnati.
Thursday
• Times: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a presentation at noon; 4-7 p.m., with presentations at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• Where: Northern Kentucky Convention Center, 1 W. Rivercenter Blvd., Covington.
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