
Infrastructure
Position
State Level
- Support House Bill 229 which is Governor Beshear's proposal to extend and improve Kentucky's economic development incentives.
- Support House Bill 395 to extend the Kentucky Transpark Wage Assessment from 20 years to 30 years under certain conditions.
- Amend KRS 141.310 and 141.350 to provide for a personal state income tax credit against the 1.5% Transpark wage assessment.
- Support changes in KREDA County job requirements from 15 jobs to 5 jobs.
- Support the repeal of the Alternative Minimum Calculation.
- Support the SKYPAC Project in downtown Bowling Green.
Federal Level
- Support $1,000,000 of funding from the Federal Transportation, Community, & System Preservation Pilot Program (SAFETEAS-LU Section 1117) for supplemental planning, real estate and engineering studies in the Kentucky Transpark to further the creation of new development sites to encourage new private sector development.
- Rochester Dam repair - Authorization and appropriation for repairs on Green River Lock & Dam #3 as recommended in the September 2004 Corps of Engineers Navigation Disposition Study.
- Army Corp of Engineers Barren River Water Study for the most cost effective way to raise the water level of the Barren River. $400,000
- Approval of Benefit-Cost Analysis to move the Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport to the Kentucky Transpark.
- Environmental Impact Statement to move the Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport to the Kentucky Transpark.