WEBVTT - 10-8-25 Sloan with Meeka owens

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to be an Americay Scott's loan back

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<v Speaker 1>on the big one seven hundred WLW. Yesterday, O doocs

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<v Speaker 1>sitting down in front of Cincinnati City Council getting grilled

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<v Speaker 1>on the three point six billion I said billion of

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<v Speaker 1>the b Brent Spence Bridge and Brent Spence Bridge Quarter project.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to kick this thing off early next year.

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<v Speaker 1>That kind of adjusted the timeline somewhat. Mika Owens is here,

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<v Speaker 1>Council member Mika Owens, who sits on the Climate, Environment

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<v Speaker 1>and Infrastructure Committee, answering all the tough questions.

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<v Speaker 2>Miko, welcome back. How's life How are you?

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<v Speaker 3>Life is great? Thank you Bat for having me. And

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<v Speaker 3>it's always exciting to talk about big infrastructure projects that

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<v Speaker 3>are going to improve our region. And so odoc coming

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<v Speaker 3>to By the way, I chair the Climate, Environment and

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<v Speaker 3>Infrastructure Committee. But it was great to have them yesterday,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think it was a good conversation. Yes, we

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<v Speaker 3>did ask some good questions and so I think people

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<v Speaker 3>will be proud, you know, a decade from now when

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<v Speaker 3>we look at this marvel of a bridge.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, hell, it's a long time coming. I mean when

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<v Speaker 1>we started complaining about I think how bad the brend

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<v Speaker 1>Spence Bridge was before you were born, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, It's like it's been going on for a

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<v Speaker 1>long long time and it's mine and overdue. So about

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<v Speaker 1>sixty percent of the design is complete. So what's up

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<v Speaker 1>in the air about that other forty percent?

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<v Speaker 3>You know? Yeah, So the process in which they are

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<v Speaker 3>using to design this bridge is called a design built process,

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<v Speaker 3>and so it allows for iteration along the way. It's

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<v Speaker 3>really a very thoughtful and methodical way of getting to

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<v Speaker 3>the best products. And so you know, we'll continue to

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<v Speaker 3>get to the one hundred percent soon, but this fall

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<v Speaker 3>we're planning to have sixty percent of it complete. I

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<v Speaker 3>will also say that, yes, thank you to you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the Biden administration, the current administration was making sure that

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<v Speaker 3>we are continuing to move this project forward. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>this is truly an example of what collaboration amongst government

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<v Speaker 3>looks like, no matter what the party affiliation is. This

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<v Speaker 3>couldn't happen without the federal government, both administrations, the current

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<v Speaker 3>and previous, the state government and so Governor the Wine

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<v Speaker 3>has been a thoughtful partner in this and of course

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<v Speaker 3>as a local decision maker and with ODAP.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and then bring you up to speed on this

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<v Speaker 1>as you listen. With the Burn Spence Bridge project, is

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<v Speaker 1>we mentioned the three point six billion dollar total cost,

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<v Speaker 1>which includes substantial money from the city to count everyone

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<v Speaker 1>else's we're gonna get a companion bridge that's west of

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<v Speaker 1>the existing Brunt Spence Bridge. Well, let's take the bridge now,

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<v Speaker 1>the Brunt Spence Bridge that we know and hate, and

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<v Speaker 1>they will take that from four lanes down to three,

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<v Speaker 1>so you'll actually have emergency lane and break down lane

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<v Speaker 1>because we've seen some while people die as a result

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<v Speaker 1>of not having that in this whole project's going to

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<v Speaker 1>stretch about eight miles from the Western Hills Viaduct to

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<v Speaker 1>Dixie Highway in northern Kentucky and take a tremendous amount

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<v Speaker 1>of work to get done. It's going to take years

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<v Speaker 1>and years and years. And that is the bird's eye

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<v Speaker 1>view of this project here and reshaping what that quarter

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<v Speaker 1>looks like from seventy five down the Western Hills so

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<v Speaker 1>through the viaduct, and of course the viaduct is seeing

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<v Speaker 1>a redo as well too. It's interesting I heard some

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<v Speaker 1>of the conversation yesterday Mika about how they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>try to limit the impact on drivers and engage barges

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<v Speaker 1>and bringing material which is a.

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<v Speaker 2>Great idea.

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<v Speaker 3>Certainly, certainly, you know, I think the thoughtfulness around are

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<v Speaker 3>not only the design, but also the supply in which

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<v Speaker 3>we will have you know this where the still comes from.

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<v Speaker 3>These are all going to be good, good questions that

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<v Speaker 3>will have answers to I think in the beginning of

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<v Speaker 3>twenty twenty six is not very late in this year,

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<v Speaker 3>but certainly thinking about you know, traffic flow and impact

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<v Speaker 3>to drivers. You know, we're hearing the concerns around environmental

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<v Speaker 3>impact and certainly, you know, if could you be thoughtful

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<v Speaker 3>about those things. But at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 3>moving peace fall is better than being idle. And certainly

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<v Speaker 3>as this bridge continues to get built and expanded lanes

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<v Speaker 3>on the huge bridge, you know, it don't help people

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<v Speaker 3>move quicker. And it'll also be very thoughtful about how

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<v Speaker 3>people make decisions from the bridge to get to downtown

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<v Speaker 3>or to get to seventy one. And so I think

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<v Speaker 3>it's going to be a real feat of engineering for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean we're going to see a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>cranes along the riverfront, that's for sure. And to get

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<v Speaker 1>this thing as quickly as possible it could be cranes

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<v Speaker 1>and barges all over the place, but getting the barges

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<v Speaker 1>and that's a pretty good idea. I wonder what that

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<v Speaker 1>does with surface transportation on the Ohio River. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>not the first project someone's done of this scale. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess in other areas of the country they know how

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<v Speaker 1>to do this and navigate this. She's Meka Owen's council

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<v Speaker 1>member Chair of Climate, Environment and Infrastructure, and yesterday I

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<v Speaker 1>met with o Dot regarding the Brent Spence Bridge projects,

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<v Speaker 1>which is set to kick off early next year, so

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<v Speaker 1>in the cold winter months they'll get busy. Getting busy

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<v Speaker 1>one of the things one of the things we heard too, Meeka,

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<v Speaker 1>and because also this is an addition to infrastructure, it's

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<v Speaker 1>also climate environment. You heard from people who showed up

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<v Speaker 1>community input that we're concerned about, I don't know, opposition

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<v Speaker 1>from environmental groups and transit advocate. They worry about you

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<v Speaker 1>increased traffic and air pollution and this is going to

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<v Speaker 1>disproportionately affect black and brown residents in the West End

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<v Speaker 1>in queens Gaden. We can't do this. To me, that's

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<v Speaker 1>not really a reason to stop the project. It seems

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<v Speaker 1>to me if you're stuck on the brent S Bench Bridge,

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<v Speaker 1>as people often are in the morning and afternoon commute

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<v Speaker 1>several days a week, if not every day during the week,

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<v Speaker 1>don't we have a hell of a lot of pollution

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<v Speaker 1>from the cars and trucks that are sitting there idly?

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<v Speaker 3>That is true, and so which is my moving people

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<v Speaker 3>significantly factor and more efficiently. It's going to be so important.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, we don't want to, you know, just

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<v Speaker 3>throw away the concerns of people who know the climate

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<v Speaker 3>work that we're doing in Cincinnati. And so I think

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<v Speaker 3>at the end of the day, this has been a

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<v Speaker 3>thoughtful partnership between the federal government, state and here we

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<v Speaker 3>are in Cincinnati. And if there were any major concerns

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<v Speaker 3>about environment polution, I believe ODAC and the OTE would,

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<v Speaker 3>if they believe in environmental impact statement was necessary, would

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<v Speaker 3>definitely be working on that. So we'll continue to have

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<v Speaker 3>thoughtful conversations. But I do want to talk about the

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<v Speaker 3>job impact of this project.

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<v Speaker 1>Please do, because I think that is that was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>Dovetail was going to ask, is okay, we're concerned about

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<v Speaker 1>black and brown populations and air pollution, which we have.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're sitting on the bridge now and not doing

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<v Speaker 1>anything makes it worse, not better. This is at least

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<v Speaker 1>the pollution during construction will be temporary for a long

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<v Speaker 1>term fix. But one of the concerns and is the

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<v Speaker 1>economy gets worse and worse, and money becomes scarcer and scarcer,

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<v Speaker 1>and inflation goes up, and you know, jobs are strong.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not good right now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not awful, but it's not good and it's not

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<v Speaker 1>trending in the right direction when it comes to employment,

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<v Speaker 1>and like is the fact.

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<v Speaker 2>The matter is people need jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've been a long time advocate for the conscer

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<v Speaker 1>struction community. We have jobs out there that will change

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<v Speaker 1>your life, will change the trajectory of your family. It

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<v Speaker 1>addresses generational poverty. And all you have to do is

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<v Speaker 1>show up. They'll pay for you to learn, they'll pay

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<v Speaker 1>for your tools, they'll get you there, they'll get you home.

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<v Speaker 1>You can make a great life by working in the

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<v Speaker 1>construction trades. And there's countless jobs available on this particular

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<v Speaker 1>bridge in your backyard. I don't feel like enough is

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<v Speaker 1>said about workforce development here.

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<v Speaker 3>I know, I know what this is the most exciting

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<v Speaker 3>aspect of this project. First of all, we have to

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<v Speaker 3>recognize that almost a billion dollars worth of freight comes

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<v Speaker 3>across the Bridgetent Bridge every single day from Miami to

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<v Speaker 3>the Canadian border. We also have to recognize CBG is

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<v Speaker 3>one of the largest cargo airports in North America. It's

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<v Speaker 3>the seventh largest, and it's the twentieth largest in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>And that connectivity just based on the moving of goods

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<v Speaker 3>is so critical. So this bridge, this project is going

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<v Speaker 3>to work fire six million work hours, seven hundred of

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<v Speaker 3>folks that will need to be the boots on the

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<v Speaker 3>ground using their hands to construct this bridge, sixty more

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<v Speaker 3>than sixty sub contractor packages. And so yes, the workforce

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<v Speaker 3>development implication is so real. And so the investments that

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<v Speaker 3>we made are are local labor unions with the urban

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<v Speaker 3>leagues creating that building our futures program, helping people move

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<v Speaker 3>into apprenticeship and really get great jobs after graduating from that.

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<v Speaker 3>We're talking about living wage jobs, you know sovie six

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<v Speaker 3>dollars an hour, and so there has to be a

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<v Speaker 3>great movement of migrating people into this workforce infrastructure. Because

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<v Speaker 3>when we also think about and you may break points

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<v Speaker 3>around you know, economics and people earning money and having

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<v Speaker 3>money in their pocket to pay for the food on

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<v Speaker 3>the people and a roof over their heads. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>moving young people in these forces of professions is going

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<v Speaker 3>to be so key for not only Cincinnati but this region.

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<v Speaker 3>And when we think about the jobs of the future,

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<v Speaker 3>someone which might might be more technology driven, when we

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<v Speaker 3>think about AI, it's working with your hands that will

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<v Speaker 3>always be valuable. And so I'm really excited about the

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<v Speaker 3>opportunities that we can create for people and young people

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<v Speaker 3>with just this project alone.

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<v Speaker 1>And there are countless jobs available. That's part of the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like it's going away.

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<v Speaker 2>And the demand.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone talks about there's no good jobs and why do

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<v Speaker 1>we have crime? Well, I can't I when I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to work in fast food and not make any money

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<v Speaker 1>and I can go on the street and hustle, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not good, but it's something. We have.

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<v Speaker 1>These job We need to push more people into these things,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's got to be we got to be more

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<v Speaker 1>vocal about demanding that Hey, listen, we've got a job.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got a career for over here. It's hard work.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like it was, you know, one hundred years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>where you're sitting on top of a I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>a beam that's being swung by a crane, eating your

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<v Speaker 1>lunch like they did during the depression. It's much safer

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<v Speaker 1>now we have, right, we have oceans. Yeah, you're talking

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<v Speaker 1>to make them like forty bucks an hour. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to be making six figures easy with overtime.

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<v Speaker 1>That's life changing.

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<v Speaker 2>That that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we talk about generational poverty all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>meek in Cincinnati, in the community, in black and brown community.

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<v Speaker 2>This addresses that.

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<v Speaker 3>This currently does. And I will think that, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>this is one of the things I get most excited

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<v Speaker 3>about what you think about. Excuse me being back into

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<v Speaker 3>city Hall and so developing those pipelines and working with

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<v Speaker 3>partners like CPS, like nonprofit philanthropy, our business community, UH

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<v Speaker 3>and so many others to make sure our young people have,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, really opportunity and hope. At the end of

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<v Speaker 3>the day, I will tell you this too. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>green jobs are also a part of that which the

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<v Speaker 3>Chamber of Commerce, along with the City of Cincinnati, commissioned

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<v Speaker 3>a green workforce analysis, and in that analysis, there's the

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<v Speaker 3>opportunity to create up to forty four thousand and jobs

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<v Speaker 3>many of us are union jobs. When we think about

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<v Speaker 3>electricians and you know soling h flacks and solar panels

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<v Speaker 3>and all of those pieces, but that hasn't a potential

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<v Speaker 3>of an eleven billion dollar economic impact to the region.

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<v Speaker 3>So you think about that coupled with the jobs at

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<v Speaker 3>this infrastructure, this generational infrastructural product is going to bring

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<v Speaker 3>workforce has to be at the top of the list

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<v Speaker 3>for all of us over the next really five ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>She's Mika Owens and she is a chair as a

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<v Speaker 1>city council person of the committee that's heading up infrastructure

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<v Speaker 1>in Cincinnati. Met with O Dot yesterday and what's happening

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<v Speaker 1>is we're moving forward in the Brent Spence Bridge set

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<v Speaker 1>to begin construction early part of next year, although I

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<v Speaker 1>will say probably a lot of the site works being

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<v Speaker 1>done right now, correct, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>That's correct, So all of the small pieces that have

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<v Speaker 3>to significant but you know, the pipes run in the ground,

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<v Speaker 3>all of those pieces that have to be set right

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<v Speaker 3>now in order to actually get to the building of

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<v Speaker 3>what we all know as a bridge. So the work

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<v Speaker 3>is happening. We're really grateful that after decades of trying

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<v Speaker 3>to get this bridge accomplished that we're at this moment

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<v Speaker 3>and it took a lot of works from a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of people. Are of there's this community then government, and

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<v Speaker 3>we're just happy that on both sides of the river,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, people are working cooarly to ensure that this

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<v Speaker 3>is a really great project. And I also want to

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<v Speaker 3>recognize that, you know, there are some future implications in

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<v Speaker 3>terms of greater connectivity back to the West End, back

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<v Speaker 3>to what we've known as Queenstate but originally the West

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<v Speaker 3>End when we think about the Fifth Street expansion and

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<v Speaker 3>so those are things that are being built out right

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<v Speaker 3>now and being a part of the design and conversation

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<v Speaker 3>right now, so that when we get to a moment

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<v Speaker 3>of being able to extend, you know, those things can happen.

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<v Speaker 3>So we're thinking about the future even right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this a deal where it sounds like most people go, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you just hand it over to Oda. Oda takes care

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<v Speaker 1>all the stuff work with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. But Oda's

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<v Speaker 1>going to how much oversight does the City of Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 1>Where's the accountability, I guess, and how close tabs Mika

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<v Speaker 1>Owens do you keep on what the project is overall?

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<v Speaker 2>From the Cincinnati perspective.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, obviously this is uh this is right at

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<v Speaker 3>our heart of our city, and so certainly we want

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<v Speaker 3>to make sure that we are continuing to be accountable

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<v Speaker 3>results here. Our Department of Transportation Engineering has been uh

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<v Speaker 3>with you know, working with ODA every step of the way,

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<v Speaker 3>and certainly this is not the first time that you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the city and state come together to work on projects,

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<v Speaker 3>and so those relationships are there. I also want to recognize,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, Doublin of the line, you know, being a

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<v Speaker 3>very a great partner, recognizing that at the local level

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<v Speaker 3>there are some decisions that impact us directly, and so

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<v Speaker 3>being uh right at the table to make sure that

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<v Speaker 3>we are again getting all of the great benefits that

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<v Speaker 3>this bridge will bring to our city. So for example,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, we've got a conventional district that's coming online,

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<v Speaker 3>and so when people dig off an accident and go

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<v Speaker 3>through a downtown Cincinnati, I mean, it is truly going

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<v Speaker 3>to be a spectacle. And so that's what we want.

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<v Speaker 3>We want people to be able to not just go

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<v Speaker 3>over the overpass for those that are maybe carrying goods,

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<v Speaker 3>of course, certainly, but we want folks to be able

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<v Speaker 3>to stop downtown, enjoy want folks to be able to

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<v Speaker 3>get to seventy one, want folks to be able to

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<v Speaker 3>get to the West End. That is a huge opportunity

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of what we might reimagine together there. So ultimately, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>we want to be at the table and we want

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<v Speaker 3>to make the decisions necessary and we're possible to make

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<v Speaker 3>sure one this bridge is completed in a timely manner

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<v Speaker 3>and then also you know, making sure that we are

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<v Speaker 3>meeting the budget of this as well. We go things

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<v Speaker 3>are out of our control. Yeah, yeah, I get to.

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<v Speaker 2>Mika.

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<v Speaker 1>But one of the other things the fact that a

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<v Speaker 1>year ago, almost a year ago, we had the bridge fire,

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<v Speaker 1>the Big Mac Bridge, remember, had to be shut down

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<v Speaker 1>for a period of time because of the fire underneath it.

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<v Speaker 1>And the end result is it was on getting mitigated

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<v Speaker 1>traffic disaster on the street surface streets of Cincinnati because

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<v Speaker 1>there's no preparation for something like that, but there was

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<v Speaker 1>no reaction, There was no emergency plan in place to

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<v Speaker 1>deal with something with one of the major bridges is

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<v Speaker 1>shut down, and traffic in some areas went from a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty or thirty minute commute to over two hours. Tempers

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<v Speaker 1>were flying. Fortunately, no bad things really really happened other

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<v Speaker 1>than traffic delays. But I look at that and go, okay, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what's the plan now for surface streets being overwhelmed with

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<v Speaker 1>traffic for the multi year build, for the decade long

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<v Speaker 1>build that's the Brents Ben's Bridge.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's that's a great question, and certainly that'll be

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<v Speaker 3>something that we can continue to follow up on. I

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<v Speaker 3>do know that there are you know, professional engineers who

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<v Speaker 3>this is not the first time building a bridge and

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<v Speaker 3>assessing traffic and uh, you know, traffic patterns and analyzing

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<v Speaker 3>those things. And so that's also a part of what's

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<v Speaker 3>going into the design process. And so by the end

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<v Speaker 3>of this year, beginning of next year, we'll have more

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<v Speaker 3>ODA will have more information around these kind of traffic

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<v Speaker 3>patterns and the way that the playway Belly Bailey Bridge

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<v Speaker 3>might be impacted. But ultimately, at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, this is about moving people very smoothly, not idle,

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<v Speaker 3>not idling sitting on sitting on a bridge waiting to

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<v Speaker 3>go places. They certainly want to make sure we're moving people, uh,

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<v Speaker 3>at the end of the day. And so yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>look forward to the updates that we'll continue to have

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<v Speaker 3>with odot uh In in my committee.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I appreciate. I got to get going. She

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<v Speaker 1>is Mika Owens, joining the show this morning. Council member

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<v Speaker 1>Owens chairs the Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Committee and the

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<v Speaker 1>Brent Spence Bridge Quarter project as a go.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>They're doing a little bit of sight work right now,

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<v Speaker 1>but the big stuff you'll notice will start happening early

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<v Speaker 1>PARKQ Q one, early Q one, like January February of

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<v Speaker 1>next year. Miek all the best, Thanks for coming on

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<v Speaker 1>the show. Appreciate you.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks, got appreciate it. Take care.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk again soon.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got to get a news update in because we've

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<v Speaker 1>got some impressing developing issues going on right now. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>find out the very latest there. And of course, one

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<v Speaker 1>of the big developing issues we didn't foresee coming was

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that we go from Joe A to Joe B,

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<v Speaker 1>from Joe Burrow to Joe Flacco with a guy named

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<v Speaker 1>Jake Browning Sandwich somewhere in between. If you're any good,

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<v Speaker 1>we still be talking about him. Nonetheless, what can we

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<v Speaker 1>expect this weekend with the Green Bay Packers and Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Flacco getting I guess he's in town he's gonna start

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<v Speaker 1>practicing today today being Wednesday, Thursday. Friday said, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have many times to practice, Sarah, at least a snort

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<v Speaker 1>report next seven hundred ww