Northern Kentucky Consensus Committee - Projects & Studies Vote

August 19, 1999

The Northern Kentucky Consensus Committee is a regional organization of over 70 individuals representing business, government and non-profit entities within the eight northern counties. The Consensus Committee process forms a mechanism for setting funding priorities for projects and studies within in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Northern Kentucky Consensus Committee has voted to endorse local matching funds for a Central Area Loop Study (CALS) to be performed under the auspices of the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments with $500,000 of matching federal funds:

"The Loop, Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) - $125,000
Funding to conduct a comprehensive market and engineering study of a circulator system, The Loop, for the Covington-Newport-Cincinnati riverfront and downtown areas that may compliment light rail, especially if personal rapid transit (PRT) is used for the Loop and ties in at the intermodal center."

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