Bi-state bridge board resets toll bidding process

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A bi-state board overseeing the construction of new Ohio River bridges linking Kentucky and Indiana has restarted its search for a company to handle tolling on those bridges amid concerns about a possible conflict of interest in that search.

The board voted Friday to restart the toll services bidding process following a protest submitted to and reviewed by the Indiana Finance Authority.

The Courier-Journal reports (http://cjky.it/12riAGZ ) Nashville, Tennessee-based TransCore LP raised questions involving one of the contractors who submitted a proposal for the bridge tolls.

The finance authority dismissed TransCore’s allegations as unsubstantiated. But it did find what it considered an organizational and personal conflict of interest between a subcontractor of the preferred proposer and a subcontractor of the joint board’s toll advisor that wasn’t disclosed during its initial proposal.

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Information from: The Courier-Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com

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