We cannot allow the full ORBP to be built as planned. The wealthy east end receives a $795 million 3 mile, 4 lane luxury highway with a $261 million tunnel and a 65 ft cut in the hillside that connects to a 4 lane bridge. the Downtown interchange, where 3 interstates converge, has been gutted and now has $0 for aesthetic improvements. The fact that this project locks our city's image defining gateway into a 1950s style elevated waterfront expressway is in stark contrast to the extravagant treatment of Prospect. To pay for this boondoggle they will be tolling our citizens in the least effective manner possible, that will defeat the entire purpose of the east end bridge. The eastern bypass will not serve it's intended purpose due to the tolls and the inability to require non-local tractor-trailer traffic, including haz-mat, to bypass the city. The already taxed Sherman-Minton will absorb the vast majority of bypass traffic when it is the only free interstate option. In addition to the non frequent toll rate of $2-3 all Picture Capture Tolling requires a 1-time administrative fee to cover setting up your account and collection problems. We are looking at a $1-5 administrative fee. The 2010 Wilbur-Smith tolling model illustrates the frequency of diversions to the free Sherman-Minton bridge. To make the numbers work in their statistical regression model they have to plug in a Value of Time assumption that is 66% higher ($21/hour) than the high-end estimate for the D.C. metro area in 2009 (Wilbur-Smith Dulles tolling study). As if that wasn't bad enough their model fails to account for the administrative fee 's role in route selection. This model actually predicts the same amount of crossings in a toll-free 5 bridge scenario as in a 5 bridge $3 toll scenario. That fails the common sense test. If they were using realistic assumptions in their model the vast majority of traffic would select the free (and stressed) Sherman-Minton bridge and continue to drive through the denser parts of our city. The artificially combined east end and downtown bridges project is built on a financial house of cards and will not allow for competition from local Access bridges in our lifetimes. Kentucky and Indiana have $2 billion allotted for this project, that is enough for a toll-free east end bridge, spaghetti Junction improvements, and possibly Sherman-Minton repairs. Prevent the biggest urban planning mistake of the 21st century. Divide the project, not the community. Save Louisville.