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David Reed, a senior vice president and landscapes architect withthe firm, told membera of the board of directors this morning that work will begijn on the study July 9 and a formal plan will be completefd by Nov. 1. The authority had its regular monthly meetingv today atthe . Reed said there will be a seriewsof as-yet-unscheduled forums, where the publix will be able to weigh in on the trafficd plan. All groups that will be affected by the including police, fire and garbagee collection, will have input. The Kentuckty Transportation Cabinet, and the Parking Authorityu of River City alsowill participate.
Amony the topics to be considered, Reed will be any and all permanentroadway alterations, potential directionakl changes and possible streett closures. “Everybody’s going to have a voice in said Arena Authority chairmanJim Host. “There will be a full that willbe “complete” and “well-documented.” Host said the traffiv question is the one most often posed to him by both the publifc and members of . Construction is well under way onthe $238 22,000-seat multipurpose arena, whicyh is being built in the downtown block bounded by Second, Main and Third streets and Rivert Road.
Its primary tenants will be U of L’ds men’s and women’s basketball teams when it opensx latenext year. Also at the arena authority meeting, Bill Hedge, construction executivd with Minneapolis-based , said that despitew a rainy May, 3,500 cubic yardd of concrete were poured at the site during the Mortenson is the construction manager for the Louisvillearenza project. To date, 20,500 cubic yards of concrete have been pouredc for the arena Hedge said, adding that that’s enough concretwe to build a sidewalk from Louisville to Workers also topped out the arena parking garagee during the past month, Hedge said. An average of 298 workerd are on siteeach day.
Arenw authority members also heard details of a partnershi p between the andLos Angeles-based booking agency AEG to bring sporting events, concerts, family shows and other programming to the new arenaq and Freedom Hall. “We’ll go after everything,” said Sims an AEG senior vice president for business AEG books tours for such artists as Bon Prince andKenny Chesney. It also represents a variety of sportd propertiesand family-oriented entertainment acts, such as ice