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As designs for the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project are drawn up and a workforce is rallied, the people who built the original bridge are vivid reminders of the human effort needed to make something so enormous.

Kentucky and Ohio transportation officials will hold hearings next month to gather public input about the reports.

An engineer for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says work on the Brent Spence companion bridge is largely behind the scenes right now.

The concepts would add 50 feet to each side of the bridge carrying Ezzard Charles Drive over I-75, add shared-use paths and landscaping to several bridges, and restore portions of the street grid Downtown.

The $4 million pilot program will test whether see-through barriers can block noise without blocking Covington's skyline.

A team recently traveled to Michigan's border with Canada to learn about the technology going into the new Gordie Howe International Bridge being built as a companion to the nearby Ambassador Bridge that connects Detroit and Windsor.

Ohio and Kentucky leaders hailed the announcement as a big step toward reality for the long-awaited project.

A Cincinnati City Council committee voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a resolution urging state officials to explore "all options to reclaim additional land" in the design for a companion bridge to the Brent Spence.

Bridge Forward supporters — including former mayor John Cranley — asked Council's Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Committee to get behind their vision for the Brent Spence Bridge corridor project.

That designation comes with more influence over decisions that have environmental impact — something Hamilton County Administrator Jeff Alutto says the county needs.