SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP, HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - A contractor working for Time Warner Cable will be erecting an aerial crossing over Interstate 71 at Kugler Mill Road that will require a total closure of the interstate for approximately 15 minutes with a 2-hour period. 

Work will begin at 1 a.m. Monday, February 13 and be completed within two hours.  Kugler Road is located at the 13 mile marker between Montgomery Road (exit 12) and Ronald Reagan Highway (exit 14).

Ohio State Patrol will provide assistance with traffic control.

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CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Beginning March 1, Metro’s new fareboxes will accept new 30-day rolling passes, which will replace current calendar-month-only passes.

The new 30-day rolling passes provide greater flexibility by allowing the customer to choose when to start the 30-day pass period by simply inserting the pass into the farebox on the bus.  For example, if the customer activates a 30-day rolling pass on March 5, it will be good until April 3.

The new 30-day rolling passes are available for the same zones and at the same prices as the current monthly passes. 

Late last year, Metro installed new fareboxes on all of its buses, thanks to federal funding for the project.  The new fareboxes replaced 17-year-old technology.

Metro’s new fareboxes will enable new payment options, beginning this summer:

·         go*SMART “tap & go” smartcards that can be re-loaded or re-used

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WASHINGTON, DC (FOX19) - Forty-four Ohio Counties will be eligible to receive new federal resources to help repair roads and bridges following serious severe rainfall last spring, from March to May. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that the Ohio Department of Transportation has been awarded FY 2011 Federal Highway Administration resources to improve federal infrastructure following the severe storm-induced damages across Ohio.

Five of the seven counties in the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati region are included.

“Ohio residents and businesses hit hard by storm-related damage will have additional support to rebuild – and recover from – damaged local roads and bridges,” Brown said. “Ohioans rely on a sound transportation infrastructure to move goods and services and travel to their destinations. These new resources will help local communities make the repairs needed to keep moving Ohioans and Ohio-made goods along safe federal highways.”