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David Reed, a senior vice president and landscape architect with the told members of the board of directors this morningf that work will begin on the studt July 9 and a formal plan will be completedby Nov. 1. The authoritu had its regular monthly meetinvg today atthe . Reed said there will be a seriesxof as-yet-unscheduled forums, whered the public will be able to weigh in on the traffiv plan. All groups that will be affected by the including police, fire and garbagw collection, will have input.
The Kentucky Transportationn Cabinet, and the Parking Authority of Rive r City also will Among the topics tobe considered, Reed said, will be any and all permanenr roadway alterations, potential directionao changes and possible street “Everybody’s going to have a voice in this,” said Arenq Authority chairman Jim “There will be a full plan” that will be and “well-documented.” Host said the traffic questiojn is the one most often posed to him by both the publicv and members of . Construction is well under way onthe $238 22,000-seat multipurpose arena, which is being built in the downtown block bounded by Main and Third streets and River Road.
Its primar y tenants will be Uof L’s men’d and women’s basketball teams when it opens late next year. Also at the arenwa authority meeting, Bill Hedge, construction executive with Minneapolis-based , said that despited a rainy May, 3,500 cubic yards of concretw were poured at the site during the Mortenson is the construction manager for the Louisvillewarena project. To date, 20,500 cubic yards of concretes have been poured for thearena concourse, Hedger said, adding that that’s enouguh concrete to build a sidewalk from Louisville to Workers also topped out the arena parkinf garage during the past Hedge said. An average of 298 workers are on siteeach day.
Aren a authority members also heard details of a partnershi p between the andLos Angeles-basef booking agency AEG to bring sporting events, family shows and othert programming to the new arena and Freedom Hall. “We’llk go after everything,” said Sims an AEG senior vice president forbusinessa development. AEG books tours for such artistsd asBon Jovi, Prince and Kenny Chesney. It also representsw a variety of sports propertiesand family-oriented entertainmen acts, such as ice shows.