Budget inclusion would fund Newport riverbank | News

NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) - A large washout caused by storm water running off of Interstate 471 in Newport could soon be fixed.

A $1.8 million appropriation included the Kentucky House of Representatives version of the state transportation budget would address the problem, which has continued from the late 1970s.

A notch has formed along 186 feet from the end of a drainage culvert to the Ohio River. Southbank Partners President Jack Moreland said a lot of water moves with great force from the large pipe during heavy rains. It has carved out a large notch near the border of Newport and Bellevue.

The planned project will reclaim part of the shoreline and make it into green space. That will aid a proposed walking and biking trail along the riverfront.

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