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The Replacement Of The Brent Spence Bridge: Tolls, Commuting Patterns And Economic Activity In Northern Kentucky, Christopher R. Bollinger, Derrick Jenniges

CBER Research Report

Executive Summary:

In this report, we investigate the impact of proposed tolls levied on users of the replacement for the Brent Spence Bridge, including impacts on commuting patterns and overall economic activity in Northern Kentucky. Overall, consistent with economic literature, the economic impact of the improved bridge will be positive and the toll, while slightly mitigating that impact, is likely to have only small effects on commuting patterns, trucking and retail and food service industries.

• We estimate that the net impact of the new bridge and the toll under our estimated likely scenarios would reduce commuter traffic by less than …