May 05, 2026 Public Works Committee

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OKAY, NICE. THAT'S EXCITING. OH. ALL RIGHT. HOW ARE YOU DOING? YES, MORE AND MORE. I MEAN, OF

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OKAY. ONE SECOND. WHAT DO YOU. WE'RE GOING TO RESET IT FOR YOU. THERE MIGHT

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I AM JOINED BY MY CO-CHAIR, COUNCILMAN HERNDON, AND JOINED IN CHAMBERS BY COUNCIL

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WE'RE JOINED BY MINDY PETERSON. IF YOU WOULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU YOU

[1. ID 26-0101     KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET I-65 CLOSURE – Mindy Peterson, Parsons Corporation, Natalie House-Lewis, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and Paul Looney, WSP]

AS I SAID, WHEN WE REOPEN I-65, THAT WILL BE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME LOCAL STREET AND RAMP CLOSURES THAT WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT AS WELL. SO SOME GOOD NEWS TO PASS ALONG. WHILE THIS IS A FIVE MILE SECTION OF THE INTERSTATE, A TWO MILE SECTION OF SOUTHBOUND I-65 FROM UNIVERSITY TO THE WATTERSON IS GOING TO REOPEN AFTER A MONTH. SO BY JULY 1ST WE WILL OPEN THAT SECTION. WHAT'S ESPECIALLY NICE ABOUT THAT IS THE ACCESS THAT YOU GET BACK. SO YOU GET YOUR ON AND OFF RAMPS FROM CRITTENDEN DRIVE, YOU GET EASTERN PARKWAY AND YOU GET UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD BACK. THE OTHER NEWS WE NEED TO SHARE IS THAT THESE ARE THE THREE BRIDGES IN MOST NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION. RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE SIX ADDITIONAL BRIDGES THAT KYTC IS INVESTING IN THAT NEED AND THAT WORK WILL BEABILITATED, CONTINUING, AS I SAID, UNTIL THE END OF 27. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SIGNED DETOUR. THIS IS AN INTERSTATE CLOSURE. SO THE SIGNED DETOUR IS AN INTERSTATE DETOUR THAT'S GOING TO SWING THROUGH TRAFFIC AROUND TO THE WEST TO USE GEORGIA DAVIS POWERS EXPRESSWAY, ALSO KNOWN FORMERLY AS SHAWNEE EXPRESSWAY. THIS IS A DETOUR THAT WAS SELECTED VERY CAREFULLY AFTER EXTENSIVE TRAFFICODELING. IT OFFERS THE MOST CAPACITY AND IT CREATES THE LEAST TRAFFIC IMPACTS. WE KNOW THAT LOCALLY, A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE USING OTHER PATHS, AND WE'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. SO GETTING AROUND DURING THE CLOSURE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TOLD FOLKS WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT LOCAL DETOURS, EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT STARTING DESTINATION, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE HEADED SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE FINDING THEIR WAYS. MAPPING

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THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF THE MEDIA COVERAGE. WE HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE SINCE THEN. WE'VE HAD SINCE THE END OF MARCH THROUGH THE END OF APRIL, WE HAD MORE THAN 120 MEDIA MENTIONS. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THAT DRUMBEAT SOUNDING. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THE MESSAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THAT THE CLOSURE IS HAPPENING, THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE LOUISVILLE DURING THE CLOSURE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT WORK IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON THIS PROJECT. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT. THIS IS THE 65 DAYS UNTIL THE I-65 CLOSURE THAT WE KICKED OFF IN LATE MARCH. THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. WE SHARED SOME HANDOUTS, POSTERS, VARIOUS THINGS. THOSE ARE ALL ASSETS THAT METRO COUNCIL RECEIVED AS WELL. WE HAVE NEW COLLATERAL MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. ALL ARE DOWNLOADABLE. WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AS WELL THAT FOLKS CAN DOWNLOAD THAT FACT SHEET OR HANDOUT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IN SPANISH. LOTS AND LOTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. AND ALSO PICKING UP A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FOLLOWING THE PROJECT. IN JUST THE PAST MONTH, WE'VE HAD A THOUSAND ADDITIONAL PEOPLE SIGNING UP FOR PROJECT UPDATES, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAD ONE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HAD MORE THAN 500,000 IMPRESSIONS, SO WE ARE WORKING HARD TO CIRCULATE THE MESSAGE.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST A NICE RECAP BEFORE WE OPEN TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION STARTED VERY EARLY, SO IT'S BEEN UNDERWAY SINCE 2024. WE HAVE RECURRING MEETINGS WITH A LOT OF ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE HOSPITALS DOWNTOWN. WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT ACCESS IS TO THE FAIRGROUNDS AS WELL. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH ONE LOUISVILLE AND THE LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP AND OF COURSE, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.

WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO GET TO THE DOWNTOWN HOSPITALS. WE WILL BE HAVING AN EVENT WITH LU MED LATER THIS MONTH TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE COMFORT IN REACHING THE HOSPITALS AND HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED. ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY VERY QUICKLY ON THE TRUCKING FRONT IS THAT WE HAD EVEN JUST LAST WEEK, A VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH FLEET WORTHY, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON A BRAND NEW PILOT PROGRAM THAT IS GOING TO DO SOME GEOFENCING OF THE AREA. AND THE LARGE TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING IN WILL GET AN IN-CAB TRAFFIC ALERT AND SHOW THEM THE DETOUR TO THE WEST, WHICH I THINK WILL BE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND WORKING ON, AND THAT'S COMING TOGETHER JUST EVEN AS LATE AS LAST WEEK.

SO THINGS ARE HAPPENING ALL OF THE TIME. A LOT OF THESE THINGS OVER HERE YOU SAW WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHATNOT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE. AND THEN THE PUBLIC MEETING IS VERY IMPORTANT. I BROUGHT SOME FLIERS FOR THAT AS WELL. SO WE'RE HOPING FOR A GOOD CROWD TONIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE THE RAIN. I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HOLD US BACK, BUT WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY NEXT TUESDAY WITH THE SAME MATERIALS COVERED IN THAT PUBLIC MEETING. AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT PREVIOUSLY THE PROJECT CHANNELS WERE STANDALONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE HAVE SINCE WITHIN THE PAST MONTH OR SO, MOVED THOSE OVER TO KYTC DISTRICT FIVE PAGES. THEY HAVE A VERY ROBUST FOLLOWING. WE WERE NEVER GOING TO RECREATE THAT ON OUR OWN, SO WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT ROBUST FOLLOWING. SO WE DO SHARE POST ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY, SOMETIMES DAILY ON THERE, NOT ONLY TRAFFIC INFORMATION, PROJECT INFORMATION, SIGNING UP FOR TRAFFIC ALERTS. SO IF YOU SEE THOSE AND ARE SO INCLINED, PLEASE DO SHARE THOSE POSTS. IT'S A VERY GOOD WAY TO HELP PUSH OUT THAT IMPORTANT INFORMATION. AND THEN THE WEBSITE, AS I MENTIONED, HAS BEEN UPDATED JUST AS OF TODAY, AND MORE INFORMATION IS COMING THERE. AND THAT'S I-65 CENTRAL CORRIDOR.COM. AND WITH THAT, WE REALLY DO WANT TO ALLOW AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE BEFORE OUR 445 STOP FOR NATALIE, PAUL AND MYSELF TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. FIRST PERSON, FIRST AND ONLY PERSON I HAVE IN MY QUEUE, COUNCILWOMAN

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I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY GRIT OUR TEETH AND GET THROUGH IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR HEADACHE IN THE MEANTIME, AND I CAN SAY THAT MYSELF, COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN HERNDON, THIS IMPACTS OUR DISTRICTS A LOT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO IMPACT NOT ONLY LOUISVILLIANS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO IMPACT REGIONALLY A LOT OF FOLKS AS WELL. SO. THAT GETS ME TO MY QUESTIONS.

I'VE GOT FOUR. THEY'RE ALL PRETTY QUICK, I BELIEVE. WILL THIS BE REPAVED AFTER ALL OF THE WORK IS DONE AT THE BRIDGES? I, I JUST CAME THROUGH A HOSPITAL CURVE AND EVERY TIME IT'S LIKE WE. BUT OH MY GOD, IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOD, IT'S PRETTY BAD. IT'S PRETTY BAD.

IT'S LIKE, WILL I DIE TODAY? BUT I DIDN'T. AND SO I'M HERE ASKING YOU THIS QUESTION. GOTTA TURN IT ON. THERE YOU GO. WHAT ABOUT NOW? OKAY. YES. OUR GOAL IS TO REACH IF YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. OH, SORRY. NATALIE LEWIS. THE GOAL IS TO PAVE THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. OKAY, WONDERFUL. AND THERE WAS ALSO MENTION IN YOUR MATERIALS ABOUT SIDEWALKS. AND ARE THOSE REFERENCING THE SIDEWALKS UNDERNEATH OF THE OVERPASSES? AND ARE THOSE JUST REPLACING WHAT IS ALREADY THERE? OR ARE YOU WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM LOCALLY TO MAKE BETTER IMPROVEMENTS? SO THOSE WILL BE DAMAGED DURING CONSTRUCTION WHERE WE'RE REPLACING THOSE BRIDGES. SO WE'LL BE RECONSTRUCTING THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS. OKAY. AND THEY WILL ALSO BE ADA COMPLIANT IN THOSE UPGRADES. WILL IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE AS THEY ARE REPLACED? YES. WE'LL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET. ALL THE MAPS. YOU SAID ALL OF THE MAPS, BUT YOU SPECIFICALLY SAID YOU HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH WAZE. AND SO WHEN YOU SAY ALL THE MAPS WILL BE UPDATED IN REAL TIME, DOES THAT INCLUDE MAPS LIKE GOOGLE AND APPLE? YES IT DOES. ABSOLUTELY. AND I'VE SAID MANY TIMES, AND JUST BECAUSE I USE THEM AS WELL, I MEAN, HONESTLY, EVEN IF I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING, I USE THE MAPPING APPS BECAUSE I WANT THE INFORMATION. I WANT TO KNOW WHEN I'M APPROACHING TRAFFIC, WHEN I NEED TO SLOW DOWN, I SOMETIMES BENEFIT FROM THE INFORMATION OF KNOWING IF THERE'S A SPEED CHECK IN PLACE.

I MEAN, I USE THE MAPPING APPS AND SO THEY ALL WILL HAVE INFORMATION. KYTC HAS AN EXISTING PARTNERSHIP WITH WAZE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WILL HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT ANY OTHER APP DOES NOT. SO ANY OF THOSE WILL SERVE FOLKS JUST FINE. OKAY, WONDERFUL. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE YOU CAN'T ANSWER, BUT WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN OUR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURES. AND MIGHT I SAY THOSE CLOSURES ARE REALLY ANNOYING. IT'S PRETTY MUCH CUT OFF MY ENTIRE SIDE, WHICH IS GERMANTOWN FROM OLD LOUISVILLE. AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO ADJUST YOUR YOUR PATH IN GETTING AROUND THOSE. AND YOU KNOW, THAT HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND MANY OF THOSE HAVE CITED SOME STRUGGLES THROUGH THIS TIME. AND I COULD ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND WHY. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, FOR SUPPORTING THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES? AND I'M JUST KIND OF THINKING AT THE STATE LEVEL, HOW DOES THAT PARTNERSHIP WORK WITH KYTC AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS MAJOR SHUT DOWN. HOW CAN WE WORK WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THESE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE IMPACTING? SO THERE IS NOT ANYTHING SPECIFIC ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRONT THAT I CAN POINT TO. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS ONE OF THE MESSAGES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SHARE LOUDLY AND CLEARLY, AND ONE THAT WE ALSO SHARED DURING THE BRIDGES PROJECT, WHICH IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO, WHICH IS CRAZY, IS THAT A CLOSURE CAN BE VERY INTIMIDATING. SO WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IN LOUISVILLE, OUTSIDE OF LOUISVILLE, COMING TO THE CITY, THAT EVERYTHING IS ACCESSIBLE, THEY CAN GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THE AIRPORT? WHAT ABOUT THE FAIRGROUNDS? WHAT ABOUT THE HOSPITALS? THOSE ARE WHAT WE KIND OF THINK ARE THE BIG THREE. AND SO WE ARE PROVIDING SOME DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE DESTINATIONS TO GIVE SOME COMFORT. AND THEN JUST A MESSAGE THAT WE'LL BE SAYING OVER AND OVER IS LOUISVILLE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. PEOPLE CAN GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE ARE

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SO YOU'LL START TO SEE THOSE AROUND LOUISVILLE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE CLOSURE. AND WE'LL THERE WILL BE WORKING HARMONIOUSLY, IDEALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE TRIMARK IN CONTACT WITH OUR CONTRACTORS. SO THE MESSAGING WILL BE COORDINATED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW AS FAR OUT AS WE CAN. WE'RE PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE ON I-65 SOUTH OF THE GENE SNYDER FREEWAY. AS YOU HEAD NORTHBOUND AGAIN TO INFORM DRIVERS AS FAR OUT AS WE CAN OF WHAT'S COMING, BUT ESPECIALLY ONCE WE GET DURING THE CLOSURE AND BEYOND, WHEN THERE WILL BE REDUCED LANES, YOU KNOW, AS THERE BECOME POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CUES AND OTHER THINGS, WE WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AS SOON AS WE CAN SO THAT THEY CAN CONSIDER ALTERNATE ROUTES AS SOON AS THEY CAN. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, ANDY MENTIONED, THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE AIRPORT IS ONE OF THEM. AND THEY, ALONG WITH CHURCHILL DOWNS AND THE FAIRGROUNDS, ALL HAVE THEIR OWN NETWORK OF PEOPLE. SO THEY SPECIFICALLY MENTION, YOU KNOW, BY US WORKING WITH THEM. I THINK I BELIEVE THEIR INTENT IS TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THE AIRPORT TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, EITHER THROUGH THE RENTAL CARS OR THE OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT ARE COMING AND GOING FROM THE AIRPORT. AND CHURCHILL DOWNS WAS WHAT MADE SIMILAR COMMENTS TO US. SO THEY THEY WERE EARLY STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LARGE NETWORK OF THEIR OWN THAT THEY CAN HELP GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO PEOPLE AHEAD OF TIME. AND AS THEY ARE FLOWING THROUGH THEIR FACILITIES. ABSOLUTELY. AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON A FEW THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CORRIDOR, BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU, IT'S FANTASTIC. IF WE SIT THERE AND SAY, PICK UP YOUR SMARTPHONE, SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING, SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO GOING TO HAVE THOSE. SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO HEAD TO THE WEBSITE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE INFORMATION. SO IT REALLY IS A LAYERED APPROACH ON THE COMMUNICATIONS FRONT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE BEEN TURNING TO MEDIA SO MUCH, IS BECAUSE THAT IS STILL, YOU KNOW, A VENUE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK TO FOR INFORMATION. AND WE ARE HAVING INFORMATION THAT IS BEING SHARED STATEWIDE. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IS WE HAVE POSTERS ALREADY OUT IN ALL REGIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE BRANCHES IN KENTUCKY, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE CLOSURE, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. JUST TODAY, WE STARTED MAKING OUTREACH TO SURROUNDING STATES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH OUR COLLEAGUES AT VARIOUS DOTS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN PUSH THE INFORMATION AND HANDOUTS AS WELL. ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING, STATE LAWMAKERS, NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT THE AREA BUT STATEWIDE, ARE RECEIVING AS WELL. WE ARE DOING SOME BILLBOARDS THAT WILL BE IN PLACE BOTH NORTH OF THE CLOSURE

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GOOD LUCK AT YOUR MEETING TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT, COUNCILWOMAN.

YOUR YOUR LAST QUESTION WAS A GREAT SEGUE INTO THE. Q THAT MY CO-CHAIR HAS TAKEN AN ALTERNATIVE TO TO THE DIGITAL WORLD TO ENTER THE. Q HE RAISED HIS HAND. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, ONE ABOUT RESIDENTIAL AND ONE ABOUT DOWNTOWN, I. IF THIS AFFECTS THREE DISTRICTS, AS COUNCILWOMAN CHAPPELL SAID, AND PRIMARILY NOT ALL, BUT. BUT YOURS IS HEAVILY RESIDENTIAL THAT I HAVE A COMPONENT OF RESIDENTIAL. AND I ALSO HAVE, OF COURSE, THE CBD ON RESIDENTIAL, HOWEVER, AND I LIVED IN LOUISVILLE FOR 16 YEARS BEFORE I LIVED WHERE I AM NOW. AND WE HAD CONSISTENT BIG RIGS NOT USING THE NINTH STREET LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO AND CUTTING THROUGH TINY LITTLE DENSE URBAN STREETS THAT WHERE THEY DIDN'T BELONG. THIS IS GOING TO BE THAT ON STEROIDS NOW FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. HOW DO WE WORK TO, TO PREVENT THAT? AND CAN WE USE THE STATE POLICE TO HELP ENFORCE THAT SINCE THEY'VE BEEN WANTING TO COME INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY ANYWAY, MORE, COULD WE GIVE THEM A TWO MONTH ASSIGNMENT TO SPECIFICALLY WATCH THOSE CHOSEN INNER NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS THAT TRUCKERS WILL CHOOSE IF THEY ARE ALLOWED TO, TO, TO ENFORCE THAT AND FORCE THEM ONTO OTHER, MORE APPROPRIATE ROADWAYS. I'LL TAKE THIS ONE. SO MINDY MENTIONED IT EARLIER. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE KENTUCKY TRUCKING ASSOCIATION. THEY'RE HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT.

AND BY WORD OUT WE MEAN I-65 IS CLOSED. USE THIS DETOUR. DON'T USE LOCAL STREETS OR DOING THE SAME THING WITH THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION. AND MINDY MENTIONED WE'RE DOING A PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH FLEET WORTHY. IT'S CUSTOMIZED ALERTS DIRECTLY TO THE CAB OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, SO WE CAN CUSTOMIZE THAT MESSAGE OF DON'T YOU DARE. SURE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, OVER THE YEARS THEY HAVE IGNORED THAT. I'VE SEEN IT MYSELF WHEN I'M OUT THERE, THEY JUST DON'T.

THEY JUST DO IT ANYWAY. SO CAN WE CAN WE HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM BEYOND WHAT YOU HAVE WITH USING THE STATE POLICE? IS THAT POSSIBLE? SO I KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE OLD LOUISVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. THEY TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND REACHED OUT TO LMPD THEMSELVES. AND LMPD PLANS TO HAVE A PRESENCE BOTH PHYSICAL AND THE THE SPEED, WHAT DO WE CALL THE LITTLE BUGGIES? YEAH. YES, YES. I THINK SARAH JAMES ALSO OFFERED THAT BE BE HELPFUL IN OTHER AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT AREAS. THAT MAY BE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO HAVE THEM TAG TEAM IT AND NOT JUST PUT IT OFF ON ONE DEPARTMENT, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRUCKERS UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE SUGGESTIONS ARE NOT REALLY JUST SUGGESTIONS THAT WE EXPECT THEM TO BE ENFORCED. YEAH. BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO CUT A COUPLE OF MINUTES OFF, I GET IT, BUT WE JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT COMING THROUGH TINY LITTLE URBAN STREETS. OKAY. SECOND QUESTION REGARDING DOWNTOWN, HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT HAS ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE PER BUSINESS DAY THAT COME HERE TO WORK, WORK WITH OR LIVE HERE. HOW ARE HOW ARE WE HANDLING THAT INFLUX? THAT IS A MORNING AND AFTERNOON RUSH. 9:00, 4:00 YOU DID MENTION SOME THINGS, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG, BIG TICKET TO COVER. AND ALSO I-65, AS YOU ALSO MENTIONED, AIRPORT, KENTUCKY VENUES, ETC. HAVE YOU ALSO TALKED WITH LOUISVILLE TOURISM AND OTHER EVENT PLANNERS AND THAT AND SPECIFICS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO YES, TO THAT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH KENTUCKY VENUES. THEY DO A LOT OF THE FAIRGROUNDS. WE WENT OUT AND MET SPECIFICALLY WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE IN TOWN FOR THE STREET ROD NATIONALS PLANNING THAT FOLLOWS THE CLOSURE, BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE IMPACTS AFTER THE CLOSURE. SO WE MET WITH THEM AS WELL. AND THEN YOUR EARLIER PART I WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING REMINDED ME OF THAT SAID 100,000 PEOPLE A DAY. YES. OKAY. COME DOWN.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE ARE SHARING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WITH BUSINESSES, QUITE HONESTLY, WE WERE ASKED IF, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IS ASKING THE LARGER EMPLOYERS TO FLEX SCHEDULES, AND WE HONESTLY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WAS IN OUR BAILIWICK TO ASK THEM TO FLEX SCHEDULES OR JUST WORK FROM HOME SCHEDULES. BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT SOME BUSINESSES ARE DOING SO ALREADY, SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO NAME NAMES WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THEM IN ADVANCE. BUT BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY IS

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AND WE SAW PEOPLE REALLY MAKING A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHANGES. SOME PEOPLE WENT TO WORK EARLIER, SOME STAYED LATER, SOME DID CARPOOLING, SOME FOLKS DID WORK FROM HOME OPPORTUNITIES. AND ALL OF THAT PRECEDED WHAT WE THEN LEARNED DURING THE COVID ERA, WHICH IS IT'S VERY POSSIBLE TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND WORK FROM HOME. SO WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE NOT MADE ASK OF BUSINESSES, BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE SHARING THE INFORMATION, AND WE'RE MAKING THAT AVAILABLE FOR THOSE BUSINESSES TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR THEM. BUT I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY HAS SEEN THAT FLEXIBILITY IN THE WORKFORCE IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO VERY SUCCESSFULLY. THANKS. ONE QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW THAT THE COUNCILMAN AND CHAPEL AND I HAVE DONE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH FOLKS. SO WHAT ABOUT THE THE COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT DISTRICTS SOUTH OF US, NOT JUST WHERE IT'S SHUTTING DOWN, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE. HAVE YOU HAVE YOU HAD ANY DIRECT SPECIFIC MEETINGS OR PUBLIC FORUMS WITH WITH THOSE PARTICULAR COUNCIL PEOPLE AS WELL? SO WE'VE BEEN SHARING INFORMATION AND MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND SO WE CERTAINLY DO NOT PUT ANY BOUNDARIES AT ALL ON SHARING INFORMATION. WE WANT TO CAST THAT NET AS WIDELY AS WE CAN, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL GROUPS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH. ONE LOUISVILLE AND LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN GROUPS THAT WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THIS WEEK AND JUST SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE. AND IF THEY WANT TO COME OUT AND TALK OR CHAT OR ASK QUESTIONS OR GET THE SHORT PRESENTATION AND ASK QUESTIONS I DID WITH DISTRICT 21, I DID A COMMUNITY CHAT LAST WEEK AND JUST DID A SHORT PRESENTATION AND ANSWERED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. AND IT WAS A SMALL BUT MIGHTY GROUP. THERE WEREN'T A TON OF FOLKS THERE, BUT THEY DID HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE. I MEAN, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS NOT ONLY SHARE THE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD THAT COMFORT AND CONFIDENCE AND KNOW THAT COME JUNE 1ST, THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING. I'VE ALSO BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT, THOUGH, AND I'VE SAID IT IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, THE MEDIA AS WELL. THE FIRST FEW DAYS ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ROCKY. EVERYBODY HAS TO START FINDING THEIR WAY. AND SO THE TEAM IS GOING TO BE MONITORING THINGS INCREDIBLY CLOSELY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SET UP KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THINGS. IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE COME JUNE 1ST. AND I EXPECT THAT EVEN COME JUNE 8TH, YOU KNOW, THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIO THAN WHAT WE SEE. LIKE IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR THINGS TO SETTLE OUT, BUT THE TEAM WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING THINGS VERY, VERY CLOSELY. APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL GET THROUGH IT. NO DOUBT WE WILL GET THROUGH IT. THANK YOU.

I GOT A COUPLE OF SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU. CHAIR. AS AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CRITICS OF KYTC. BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT ROLLOUT. I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IT. THEY DON'T LIKE IT, BUT THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S SUCH A GOOD THING. AND APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR THE PANEL. HOW MUCH WILL THIS COST IF YOU KNOW, AND WHAT'S THE CHANCES YOU'RE GOING TO FINISH BY JULY 31ST? IF I IF YOU WERE A VEGAS BETTING MAN OR WOMAN. I HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THE ROADWAY WILL REOPEN ON JULY 31ST BECAUSE WE'VE. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR. THE CABINET HAS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO THEY. THE THE DELIVERY METHOD THAT THIS PROJECT TOOK IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CABINET USUALLY DOES.

USUALLY THEY GET SOMETHING READY AND THEN THEY BID IT OUT AND THEN A CONTRACTOR COMES ON BOARD. THIS PROJECT WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A CONTRACTOR WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR DESIGNER THE WHOLE TIME TO INFORM THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE, ESSENTIALLY. SO WE WE GOT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT NUMEROUS SCENARIOS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WE SAY IT'S THE LEAST IMPACTFUL, IT'S IMPACTFUL TO EVERYBODY. IT'S GOING TO BE. BUT PUTTING SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR 3 OR 4 YEARS THAT'S CONTINUOUS WITH LANE REDUCTIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LONGER DURATION, PUTTING PEOPLE IN TIGHT, TIGHT CHUTES, NARROW LANES. SO I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ROADWAY REOPENED BARRING SOME TYPE OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT OF GOD THAT THEY WILL THEY WILL HAVE IT OPEN. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING. IF IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT THERE BECAUSE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THE WORK UNDER THESE THREE BRIDGES, IN PARTICULAR, THE SUBSTRUCTURES, ARE FINISHED. THEY FINISHED THAT ACTUALLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. SO THEY THEY'RE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY.

IT'S A CONTRACTOR THAT HAS A LOT OF FAMILIARITY WITH THIS TYPE OF FAST WORK AND OTHER AREAS. THIS IS ONE OF THEIR FIRST PROJECTS IN KENTUCKY, BUT THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK SOUTH OF THE BORDER IN TENNESSEE AT WEEKEND TYPE CLOSURE BRIDGES. SO VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ROADWAY REOPENED COME JULY 31ST. HOW MUCH TOTAL

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WELL, FOR THE THREE, IS IT A MEGA PROJECT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DEFINITION OF A MEGA PROJECT WHERE THE TOTAL IS GOING TO END UP BEING ABOUT 350 MILLION FOR THE NINE BRIDGES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I'LL ADD JUST VERY BRIEFLY, COUNCILOR BRATCHER, IS WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE PUBLIC IS RELYING ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE SHARE. AND SO WE WOULD NOT GO OUT AND SAY, COME AUGUST 1ST, YOU'LL HAVE THIS BACK TO TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION, UNLESS THERE WAS A VERY, VERY HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN THAT. SO THAT INCLUDES A SCHEDULE CONTRACTOR IS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH. THAT INCLUDES THEM, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE DAYS THAT WILL RAIN, THERE WILL BE DAYS THAT OTHER THINGS WILL HAPPEN. AND THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK ON THE FRONT END, NOT ONLY ON THE BRIDGES UNDERNEATH AND THE SUBSTRUCTURES, BUT ALSO JUST ASSEMBLING MATERIALS, PREFABRICATING MATERIALS, GETTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. ONCE THAT CLOSURE STARTS, THEY KIND OF WANT TO BE AN ARMY THAT GOES OUT THERE AND JUST GETS TO WORK. I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ARE THE CONTRACTORS INCENTIVIZED IF THEY FINISH EARLY? SO THERE'S A DISINCENTIVE FOR THEM TO FINISH LATE THIS DELIVERY MODEL BECAUSE IT WORKS WITH THE CONTRACTOR. I MEAN, WE'VE KEVIN ONBOARDED A SINGULAR CONTRACTOR AND HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND NEGOTIATED PRICE ESSENTIALLY. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S NOT AN INCENTIVE PER SE.

I MEAN, THE INCENTIVE IS THEY GAVE US A WINDOW. WE KEPT SQUEEZING THEM TO GET A SHORTER WINDOW AND FOUND A PRICE BALANCE ESSENTIALLY WHERE IT DIDN'T SPIKE THE PRICE, BUT IT, IT HELD THEM PRETTY TIGHT. AND SO THERE'S A DISINCENTIVE FOR THEM TO BE OUT THERE, BUT NOT A SPECIFIC INCENTIVE. OKAY. SO IF IT DOESN'T OPEN IN TIME, THERE WILL BE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR THE CONTRACTOR. OKAY. SECOND QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS CONTRACTOR ON EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND THE DESIGN PHASE. DO YOU SEE THAT AS A BEST PRACTICE? I KNOW THAT THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY DOES THAT AS A BEST PRACTICE ON A REGULAR BASIS. COULD YOU SEE KYTC DOING THAT ON FUTURE PROJECTS AS A RESULT OF THE DEFICIENCIES THAT YOU'VE SEEN DRIVEN INTO THIS PROJECT? YES, WITH THE CABINET. I MEAN, THIS IS A C, M, G C VERY SPECIFIC, WHERE THE CABINET, WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS, HIRES A CONTRACTOR AND HIRES A DESIGNER DIRECTLY. THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS THE CABINET IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT ARE PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD, WHERE THEY HAVE THE CONTRACTOR AND THE DESIGNER AS A TEAM ENGAGED EARLY ON. SO IT'S A VARIATION OF DESIGN BUILD, WHICH THE CABINET HAS BEEN DOING FOR 20 PLUS YEARS NOW. DESIGN BUILDS MORE OF A GET IT TO A CERTAIN POINT AND THEN HAVE CONTRACTORS BID LOW, BID IT. THE PROGRESSIVE MODELS ALLOW MUCH MORE COLLABORATION DURING THE PROCESS, SO I WEAR. AND I RETIRED FROM THE CABINET IN 2019. I SPENT A CAREER AS AN ENGINEER THERE, SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO GUESS WHAT CONTRACTORS COULD DO. YOU KNOW, HOW FAST CAN THEY DO SOMETHING? AND WHAT WHAT I LEARNED OVER 26 YEARS WAS THAT WE WERE NEVER RIGHT, GIVEN THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF CIRCUMSTANCES, INCENTIVE, DISINCENTIVE. THEY CAN BE VERY CREATIVE IN FINDING SOLUTIONS. SO THAT'S WHAT THESE THINGS I THINK HAVE. IF I HAVE SEEN ON THE PROJECTS THAT THE CABINET HAS GOING RIGHT NOW, IS IT ALLOWS THE CONTRACTOR TO WORK AND TO REALLY ASK QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, AND I LITERALLY DID THIS. CAN YOU FLY THIS IN WITH A HELICOPTER, THIS BRIDGE? AND THEY, THEY COULDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT YET, BUT EVERYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, THEY HAVE REALLY FIGURED OUT WAYS TO CREATIVELY SHORTEN TIMELINES AND, AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. SO PROBABLY VERY SIMILAR TO MANUFACTURING. YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT COLLABORATION EARLIER. THE BETTER. COUNCILWOMAN BACK IN THE. Q TWO MORE QUICK ONES. I'M SORRY I MISSED INTRODUCTIONS EARLIER. ARE YOU ALL WITH KYTC? IT'S JUST ME. IT'S JUST YOU. YES, MA'AM. NO PROBLEM. I'M JUST. SO I CURRENTLY WORK WITH WSP AS A CONSULTANT. I RETIRED FROM THE CABINET IN 2019, SO I WAS MAKING A POINT THAT I HAD DONE A LOT OF PROJECTS WITH THE CABINET. IM NOT CURRENTLY WITH THE CABINET. I'M WITH WSP.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR SINGULAR PRESENCE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME FEEL LIKE KYTC DOESN'T THINK THAT METRO COUNCIL HAS COOTIES OR SOMETHING. WOULD BE. LOVE TO SEE MORE KYTC FOLKS IN THE ROOM. AND THIS IS MORE OR LESS A PSA. NOT A QUESTION, BUT WHEN I WAS READING MATERIALS, IT SAID THE GEORGIA DAVIS POWERS EXPRESSWAY AND I HAD TO EDUCATE MYSELF BECAUSE THAT IS A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE WATTERSON EXPRESSWAY IN WEST LOUISVILLE.

AND THAT WAS NAMED THAT IN 2010. I HAD TO DO SOME RESEARCH. I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY, BUT I JUST MAYBE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE KNOW IT AS THE

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AND I WILL SAY VERY, VERY QUICKLY, I THINK THE ONLY REASON WHY WE ARE THE FOLKS REPRESENTING KYTC TODAY IS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY NATALIE AS PROJECT MANAGER IS SO, SO CLOSE TO IT. AND KYTC FOR THESE LARGER PROJECTS, THEY DO RELY ON CONSULTANTS TO, YOU KNOW, GREATLY ASSIST. AND PAUL LIVES AND BREATHES THIS EVERY DAY ALONGSIDE NATALIE. AND THIS IS VERY MUCH BECOME A VERY CENTRAL, A CENTRAL FOCUS OF MY LIFE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. AND SO I THINK THAT THE, THE THOUGHT AND PROCESS WAS BRING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TOUCHING IT THE MOST AND HAVE THE MOST INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND BE HERE WITH YOU. SO I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T TAKE ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU ALL ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. I THINK THAT'S BEEN ECHOED MANY TIMES HERE. AND YOUR COMPANY DOES SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE PROJECTS. SO I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE DOING THE RIGHT JOB. AND IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE. SO THANK YOU. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD BACK IN THE FALL, KYTC STOOD IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS THAT I HOPE THAT EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT PRESENT IN THE ROOM, THAT THEY'RE STILL PAYING ATTENTION TO BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED THEM TO EXECUTE THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT THERE. ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF KYTC, INCLUDING KYTC LEADERSHIP, ARE MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH METRO FOLKS WITH WITH THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SEVERAL FOLKS WHO ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF METRO GOVERNMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT AS WELL. BUT WE ARE FOLKS ACROSS THE STREET. YES, YES, YES, YES. THANK YOU. SO THAT LITTLE BELL WAS MY FIVE MINUTE BUFFER, WHICH IS NOW FOUR MINUTE BUFFER. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR VICE CHAIR. QUICK FOLLOW UP. YEAH, 125,000 VEHICLES A DAY, APPROXIMATELY ON THAT STRETCH. DID YOU SAY EARLIER I MAY HAVE MISSED IT.

YOU HAVE A DAILY EMAIL UPDATE PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR. DID YOU YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT BEFORE.

THERE IS. SO IT'S NOT A DAILY UPDATE, BUT WE SEND ALERTS MANY TIMES AND USUALLY MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. SO THAT'S ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE. THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR EITHER TEXT OR EMAIL ALERTS. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HAVE SIGNED UP THUS FAR AND IF SO, THE NUMBER ABOUT HOW MANY CAN YOU TELL? HOW MANY ARE RESIDENTIAL? HOW MANY ARE COMMERCIAL? JUST CURIOUS. SO I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THE TOTAL NUMBER. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO RATTLE IT OFF, BUT I'VE NOT BEEN WITH THIS TOTALLY LONG TERM ON THIS PROJECT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE HAD A THOUSAND NEW PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR UPDATES SINCE MARCH 27TH, WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE 65 DAYS UNTIL THE I-65 CLOSURE. SO THAT'S 1000 ADDITIOL SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT I CAN RATTLE OFF VERY QUICKLY WITH THE KYTC FACEBOOK PAGE, THEY HAVE OVER 3000 FOLLOWERS THERE. THE ALERTS ARE ALL SENT THROUGH KYTC AND THEIR GOV DELIVERY SYSTEM, WHICH IS VERY EFFICIENT.

YOU GUYS MAY USE THAT AS WELL. SO THESE ARE VERY ROBUST LIST OF PEOPLE. SO SEVERAL THOUSAND AND I CAN GET THAT NUMBER AND SEND IT TO YOU. AND AND ALSO ALL OF US HAVE NEWSLETTERS. SO WE DO ONE EVERY TWO WEEKS. IF YOU CAN GET A MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY HERE. YES, EVERYBODY HAS PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK OR DO SOMETHING IN DOWNTOWN AND COME IN THERE. SO ABSOLUTELY.

AND WHATEVER IS BEST, A LITTLE BLURB, PARAGRAPH OR TWO, LET US KNOW AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GET THAT TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN MY QUEUE. I PROMISED I WOULD GET YOU OUT BY 445.EOT TWO MINUTES. WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS VERY HO TT HES TO ANSR SY. I QUON A IYO WT STTSNDIVU PROESS PORT, WE WOULD BEAPPY TO DO SO.E D'T GOWAY JUST WHEN THE WHEN THE INTERSTATE CLOSES. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION STILL TO SHARE WITH FOLKS. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING. I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION AND BEST OF LUCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE STAND

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