The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority is an
independent de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Authority was established in 2009 by
the Kentucky General Assembly with the passage of Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS)
Chapter 175B to review,
approve, and monitor certain significant transportation projects within the
Commonwealth and between the Commonwealth and the State of Indiana and, if
necessary, to assist with the operation, financing, and management of those
projects.
The Authority currently has eleven voting members; KYTC Secretary Rebecca Goodman, KY Finance and Administration Cabinet Deputy Secretary Geri Grigsby, John William Bartleman, Jack Whitfield, Thomas Guidugli, Jordan Lanham, William Mitchell Boggs, Marcie Mathews, Timothy Akins, Gary Robertson, and Russell Romine. The Authority is attached
administratively to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) and relies
exclusively on KYTC staff to operate.
The Authority is
engaged in overseeing the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio
River Bridges (LSIORB) Project which is being paid for with all-electronic tolling under the name "RiverLink". Tolling is in place on the Abraham Lincoln Bridge (I-65 North), the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge (I-65 South) and the Lewis and Clark Bridge (SR 265/KY 841) connecting Prospect, KY and Utica, IN. For additional information, please visit the RiverLink website here. KPTIA is also working with leaders from Kentucky and Indiana on the I-69 Ohio River Crossing (ORX) Project from Henderson, KY, to Evansville, IN.
