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Jay around town

On August 31st at 5:00 p.m., Jay threw out the first pitch for the Miracle League - located on the fields at Shillito Park. Get more information on the Miracle League here!

The Healthway

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•Lexington Herald-Leader
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Jay in the News

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Vote!

Be sure to VOTE!

The General Election is November 7th, 2006!

Issues: Infrastructure

Lexington (and the 9th District) are seeing the effects of the lack of capital investment into its infrastructure for the past few decades. Roads are in terrible shape, parks facilities are in need of improvement, storm water runoff, lack of sewer capacity, etc...)

In fact the following represents some of the price tags needed to fix this basic infrastructure:
  • $400+ million to fix our roads in Fayette County
    • $300 million for New Circle Rd.
    • $30 million for re-paving streets that currently qualify
    • $14 million to fix Clays Mill Rd.
  • $200 million to address our water supply problem
  • $100+ million to fix our Storm Water problem
  • $100+ million to address our current sanitary sewer need
  • $15+ million for Parks improvements and new facilities

 

Question: With costs this high and a city budget around $270 million, how do we fix this and where do we start?
Answer: We MUST begin to leverage every dollar of local money with as many State, Federal and Private dollars as possible.

An example of this type of leveraging can be seen in a measure I placed into last year's budget. Council voted to approve my motion to bond $2.2 million of local money for the paving of our local streets and roads.

This bond could not be activated though until the State Transportation Cabinet agreed to match in some capacity. This measure has yielded an exponential investment over the past year by Frankfort into much needed paving for all of Lexington (especially the 9th District).

As a government we need to constantly be looking for partnership and leveraging opportunities to address all our infrastructure needs. We have 3 years to prepare Lexington host the world in 2010. We should spend our time and resources building a Lexington that will thrive for not just 2 weeks in 2010 but for the next 50-100 years!

By focusing on building a Lexington that thrives for generations to come we can move toward a vision of becoming "The Most Family-Friendly City in America" - beginning with the 9th District!


Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 08:11 PM