Abramson Looks To 2015 In State Of The City

Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson delivered his final State of the City address Thursday to the Rotary Club. The speech included his vision for Louisville over the next five years.The mayor says many of the accomplishments during the period will be the continuation or completion of projects he’s championed in the last few years. They include the Museum Plaza complex, expanded operations at G.E.'s Appliance Park and Ford’s two Kentucky plants, and the start of construction on two new Ohio River Bridges."My hope is by the end of this year—by the end of my administration—the bi-state authority will have a game plan and a financial plan in place to finance the construction of the two bridges and the reconstruct of Spaghetti Junction," he says.The mayor says the city will have to work with Southern Indiana and the rest of Kentucky to be successful."We have become of aware of the importance of understanding how what's happening around us affects us directly," he says. "And look at what I'm talking about when you focus on Fort Knox."The only element of Abramson's plan that will come online while he's still in office is the new downtown arena. It will open in November, just before Abramson leaves office to run for Lt. Governor next year.You can listen to the whole address here (mp3)