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David Reed, a senior vice president and landscape architect withthe firm, told members of the boarf of directors this morning that work will begin on the study July 9 and a formal plan will be completex by Nov. 1. The authority had its regular monthl meeting today atthe . Reed said there will be a seriesof as-yet-unscheduled forums, where the publidc will be able to weigh in on the trafficf plan. All groups that will be affected by the including police, fire and garbage collection, will have input. The Kentuckgy Transportation Cabinet, and the Parking Authority of Rived City alsowill participate.
Among the topic s to be considered, Reed said, will be any and all permanentrroadway alterations, potential directional changes and possibler street closures. “Everybody’s going to have a voice in said Arena Authority chairmanJim “There will be a full that will be “complete” and “well-documented.” Host said the traffic questionn is the one most often posexd to him by both the public and members of . Constructioj is well under way onthe $238 million, 22,000-seatt multipurpose arena, which is beingb built in the downtownm block bounded by Second, Main and Thirf streets and River Road.
Its primary tenants will be Uof L’s men’s and women’s basketball teams when it opens late next Also at the arena authority meeting, Bill Hedge, constructio n executive with Minneapolis-based , said that despite a rainy May, 3,500 cubic yards of concrete were poured at the site durintg the month. Mortenson is the constructiomn manager for the Louisvillearena project. To 20,500 cubic yards of concrete have been poured for thearena concourse, Hedge adding that that’s enough concretee to build a sidewalk from Louisvillwe to Cincinnati. Workers also toppedx out the arena parking garag during thepast month, Hedge said. An average of 298 workers are on siteeach day.
Arena authorityt members also heard detailzs of a partnership between the andLos Angeles-baser booking agency AEG to bring sporting events, concerts, family shows and othef programming to the new arena and Freedom “We’ll go after everything,” said Sims Hinds, an AEG seniofr vice president for business development. AEG booksz tours for such artists as Bon Prince andKenny Chesney. It also represents a variety of sportss propertiesand family-oriented entertainment acts, such as ice shows.