Kentucky General Assembly overrides Beshear’s veto of tolls on new I-69 bridge

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — Drivers can likely expect to pay a toll on a the new I-69 bridge between Indiana and Kentucky, after the Kentucky General Assembly overrode Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of the toll.

Governor Beshear vetoed portions of House Bill 546 that required drivers to pay a toll when crossing the Brent Spence Bridge.

“I think we have the finances to build it without tolling it, and IU don’t think we should toll our people when we have such a large budget reserve trust fund, that’s when we should do big projects, we are going to build a bridge in northern Kentucky and it won’t have a toll, I think the people of western Kentucky deserve the same,” said Beshear.