A proposed road in Campbell County would link AA Highway to Northern Kentucky University's campus, a connection that has been under consideration for years.
The preliminary design calls for roughly 1.5 miles of new roadway, designated KY 2405, connecting AA Highway (KY 9) to Johns Hill Road (KY 2345) and the NKU campus. The road would run from the Pooles Creek intersection to the southern approach of the roundabout near Johns Hill Road and Norse Boulevard, with one lane in each direction and a new sidewalk running alongside it.
A Long-Considered Idea
The project is pitched as a way to create a safer, more direct connection for motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists traveling between Highland Heights, Wilder and the surrounding area. Plans for an NKU-area access road date to 1999, and today's connector project would link the university to AA Highway, according to WCPO.
Preliminary designs for the route are open for public input.
Part Of A Bigger Push For Campbell County Roads
A May release detailing state funding said Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer secured more than $120 million for road and infrastructure improvements in the county, with the biennial road plan described as fully funded and without overprogramming of state dollars, according to a LINK nky press release.
That same funding package includes $92.3 million for a replacement 4th Street Bridge between Covington and Newport, $14.82 million for extending KY 536 (Pond Creek Road) from U.S. 27 to Persimmon Grove at KY 1121, and $4.34 million to design and build a new I-471 southbound off-ramp at KY 8, the release states. Taken together, the projects point to a stretch of sustained road and bridge work across the county, with the NKU connector representing one piece of that larger effort.
