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Community Leaders Stress Importance of Brent Spence Bridge Replacement

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Published September 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM EDT

In the most blunt call-to-action yet, community leaders said Tuesday that the 16-member Northern Kentucky state legislative delegation needs to show more leadership and political courage in Frankfort when it comes to replacing the Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River. “This needs to get done. It’s time for leadership. It’s time for strong leadership,” Boone County Judge-executive Gary Moore said at the annual State of Northern Kentucky Address.

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