PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS Ballard County, KY Alexander County, IL Item #01-1140.00 U.S. 51 Bridge Replacement Over the Ohio River Planning Meetings <K> in Wickliffe, KY, and Cairo, IL KENTUCKY KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET TRANSPORTATION CABINET Public Kick-Off Meetings Monday, September 9, 2019 5:00 7:00 p.m., CDT Fort Jefferson Welcome Center 587 Ft. Jefferson Hill Road Wickliffe, KY Tuesday, September 10, 2019 5:00 7:00 p.m., CDT Cairo High School 401 Sycamore Street Cairo, IL Preliminary engineering and environmental analysis are underway to improve cross river mobility between Wickliffe, Kentucky, and Cairo, Ilinois, by addressing safety and reliability issues caused by the narrow lane widths, lack of shoulders and tight curve on the existing U.S. 51 Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge and its approaches. In 2014, a planning study commissioned by KYTC recommended a preferred corridor for a new bridge immediately upstream of the existing U.S. 51 crossing. The purpose of this meeting is to obtain input from the public on the proposed project to assist in the decision-making process moving forward. KYTC seeks your input to gain an understanding of the important community and environmental resources. Handouts containing information about this project, comment sheets, and displays will be available at the meeting. The meeting will be held in an open house format with no formal presentation. Representatives from KYTC and their consultants will be available to answer questions. Written and oral comments will be accepted during the meeting. Written comments will be accepted and information made available, up to 15 days after the meeting at the KYTC District One Office address listed below. Individuals and organizations with a demonstrated interest in the undertaking may participate as consulting parties due to the nature of their legal or economic relation to the undertaking or affected properties, or their concern with the undertaking's affects on historic properties. KYTC has an online portal through which requests to participate as a consulting party in the Section 106 process for this project can be submitted (KYTC Consulting Party Projects Portal). Written and oral comments from this meeting will become a part of the official record for the project. Once compiled, the meeting record will be made available for review and copying only after an Open Records Request has been received and approved. All Open Record Requests must be submitted to the Office of Legal Services, Transportation Cabinet Office Building, 200 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY 40622. Contact: Chris Kuntz, PE KYTC District 5501 Kentucky Dam Road Paducah, KY 42003 Phone (270) 898-2431 Email Chris.Kuntzaky.gov 51 www.US51Bridge.com In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you have a disability for which accommodations maybe be required, please notify the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet prior to these meetings using the contact info above. US 51 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS Ballard County, KY Alexander County, IL Item #01-1140.00 U.S. 51 Bridge Replacement Over the Ohio River Planning Meetings <K> in Wickliffe, KY, and Cairo, IL KENTUCKY KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET TRANSPORTATION CABINET Public Kick-Off Meetings Monday, September 9, 2019 5:00 7:00 p.m., CDT Fort Jefferson Welcome Center 587 Ft. Jefferson Hill Road Wickliffe, KY Tuesday, September 10, 2019 5:00 7:00 p.m., CDT Cairo High School 401 Sycamore Street Cairo, IL Preliminary engineering and environmental analysis are underway to improve cross river mobility between Wickliffe, Kentucky, and Cairo, Ilinois, by addressing safety and reliability issues caused by the narrow lane widths, lack of shoulders and tight curve on the existing U.S. 51 Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge and its approaches. In 2014, a planning study commissioned by KYTC recommended a preferred corridor for a new bridge immediately upstream of the existing U.S. 51 crossing. The purpose of this meeting is to obtain input from the public on the proposed project to assist in the decision-making process moving forward. KYTC seeks your input to gain an understanding of the important community and environmental resources. Handouts containing information about this project, comment sheets, and displays will be available at the meeting. The meeting will be held in an open house format with no formal presentation. Representatives from KYTC and their consultants will be available to answer questions. Written and oral comments will be accepted during the meeting. Written comments will be accepted and information made available, up to 15 days after the meeting at the KYTC District One Office address listed below. Individuals and organizations with a demonstrated interest in the undertaking may participate as consulting parties due to the nature of their legal or economic relation to the undertaking or affected properties, or their concern with the undertaking's affects on historic properties. KYTC has an online portal through which requests to participate as a consulting party in the Section 106 process for this project can be submitted (KYTC Consulting Party Projects Portal). Written and oral comments from this meeting will become a part of the official record for the project. Once compiled, the meeting record will be made available for review and copying only after an Open Records Request has been received and approved. All Open Record Requests must be submitted to the Office of Legal Services, Transportation Cabinet Office Building, 200 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY 40622. Contact: Chris Kuntz, PE KYTC District 5501 Kentucky Dam Road Paducah, KY 42003 Phone (270) 898-2431 Email Chris.Kuntzaky.gov 51 www.US51Bridge.com In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you have a disability for which accommodations maybe be required, please notify the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet prior to these meetings using the contact info above. US 51 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT