Overview
- KYTC is considering reconfiguring the nearly 100-year-old Clark Memorial (Second Street) Bridge from four lanes to three, with two northbound into Jeffersonville and one southbound to Louisville.
- State officials say the goal is to improve safety by widening travel lanes, noting current lanes are 9.5 feet wide, but they have not said how much wider the lanes would become.
- Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore issued a letter strongly opposing the lane reduction and urged reducing tolls on the Lincoln, Kennedy, and Lewis and Clark bridges and restricting large trucks from the Second Street bridge.
- Moore also suggested reversing the draft configuration to two southbound lanes and one northbound lane, citing frequent backups toward Indiana reported under the current setup.
- KYTC says consultant engineers have completed traffic analysis but has not released specifics, and while no timetable is set, the agency expects to begin accepting bids later this year as commuters who make roughly 35,000 daily crossings voice congestion concerns.