State lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation approving nearly $700 million in federal transportation funding given to Ohio under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed earlier this year.
, which passed both the Ohio Senate and House by wide margins, also authorizes the state’s transportation director to award contracts of up to $1.5 billion in design/build contracts to renovate the functionally obsolete Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati. It further allows Ohio to enter into agreements with other states to enforce penalties for toll violations by out-of-state drivers, among other things.
for Ohio and Kentucky’s $2.8 billion plan to renovate the nearly 60-year-old bridge over the Ohio River. The project would build a new bridge alongside it and widen nearby highways. Ohio and Kentucky officials said they would apply for federal funding for the bridge by early next week,HB338 states that ODOT Director Jack Marchbanks could seek to award design/build contracts that exceed $1.
“It is sometimes difficult to enforce toll violations committed by out-of-state drivers if those drivers ignore the toll invoices and there is no additional enforcement mechanism in place,” according toby the non-partisan Legislative Service Commission. “Agreements between states to enforce toll violations committed by their residents in another state may potentially reduce those violations.”
The legislation gives more leeway for Columbus’ public-transportation system, the Central Ohio Transit Authority, regarding things like acquiring property, spending sales-tax revenue, and building infrastructure even though it’s not considered a “transit facility.”
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