Brent Spence Bridge

The Federal Highway Administration's Title VI office is investigating a complaint filed last year that the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor expansion will disproportionately affect minority communities.

ODOT and KYTC project managers say the approaches to the bridges over the Ohio River should have a smaller impact on the neighborhoods they're in.

The project passed an environmental review, which means it can now advance to design and construction.

Critics of the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project cite environmental and equity concerns, but transportation officials say the project is necessary and will be a vast improvement.

Advocates have been pushing for safer cycling and walking for years in Covington. And city officials say progress is on the way. But big new developments will soon change the transportation landscape.

Officials estimate roughly 500 skilled construction workers will be needed to build the bridge and surrounding highway interchanges. Add to that other major projects happening at the same time and you get demand for a lot of workers.

Former and current West End residents who witnessed urban renewal tear their community apart say they're unsure what benefits the massive new Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project could bring.

As designs for the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project are drawn up and a workforce is rallied, the people who built the original bridge are vivid reminders of the human effort needed to make something so enormous.

Kentucky and Ohio transportation officials will hold hearings next month to gather public input about the reports.

An engineer for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says work on the Brent Spence companion bridge is largely behind the scenes right now.