Lest we forget: The no-tolls effort continues.

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No Tolls Supporters:

The Federal Highway Administration has still NOT approved tolling on I-65 for the Ohio River Bridges Project.

Something is giving them doubt--we need to reinforce it!

Tolling I-65 will be bad for our river city community and we need to keep sending FHWA officials our letters!

Use the following points to create a letter. Simply click on the appropriate email address below then copy and paste the text (edit as needed) and send to the FWHA to voice your opposition to tolls--or use your own words. But tell the FHWA NO TOLLS:

"I do not believe my voice and opposition to tolls has been heard because of bureaucratic process and disinformation by the Bridges Project Team. My position remains: No tolls-build what we can afford beginning with the East End Bridge."

• Our community has spoken! No Tolls on I-65! All of our local elected government and our citizens are opposed to tolling I-65.
• Tolling I-65, the main transportation route through our community will create a socio-economic division in our river city.
• The burden of the tolls will lay heavily on the working class of our community.
• Tolling I-65 will create a heavy burden on Southern Indiana businesses that will spill over creating a negative impact on all of Southern Indiana.
• The Sherman Minton bridge has had a negative impact on both sides of the river--the same impact that tolling the I-65 will have!

INDIANA FHWA: Bob Tally, (FHWA co chair) Indiana Division: robert.tally@dot.gov, P: (317) 226-7476, Fax: (317) 226-7341

KENTUCKY FHWA: Jose Sepulveda, Division Administrator, Kentucky Division Office, Federal Highway Administration: jose.sepulveda@dot.gov, 330 West Broadway, Room 264, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 P: (502)223-6720 FAX: (502)223-6735

FEDERAL FHWA:
Ray Lahood - Cheryl J Walker/ Special Assistant
Federal Highway Administration
Office of the Federal Highway Administrator
(202) 366-6378
Cheryl.Walker@dot.gov

About No2BridgeTolls.org
We are a broad-based coalition of businesses, organizations and private individuals who are opposed to tolls on the I-65 Corridor/Kennedy Bridges System. Our targeted focus has been driven by recent announcements by the governors of both states to shift the financing burden for all of the downtown infrastructure needs to the Kennedy Bridge and its I-65 supporting new Downtown Bridge. We have formed under the entity of "Organization for a Better Southern Indiana, Inc." (OBSI.) Our purpose is to educate the public of the true impact of the current proposed bridge toll on both sides of the river. We are a 501-C6 non-profit organization that has been formed for the purpose of disseminating information. We are not against the bridges--just tolls or user fees on the I-65 Corridor/Kennedy Bridges System, which will divide our community, be a regressive tax that our citizens and businesses cannot afford, and will adversely affect the local economy, disproportionately affecting Southern Indiana.