ICYMI: Cincinnati Business Courier highlights Husted’s efforts to secure funding for Fort Washington Way Project

“The $25 million applied for was the maximum the region could get under the program, with leaders crediting U.S. Sen. Jon Husted for pushing the project.” COLUMBUS – An article from the Cincinnati Business Courier highlights Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-Ohio) efforts to secure $25 million in federal funding for the Fort Washington Way Project, a transformational infrastructure investment that will help reconnect downtown Cincinnati, create new public space and support future economic growth. As a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Senate Appropriations Committee, Husted advocated for the project and helped secure the federal investment through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program. Key excerpts from the article include: “The region’s leaders applied twice before for federal money to build caps on top of Fort Washington Way, a project decades in the making, but failed each time.” . . . “Cincinnati scored big on its third application for construction money, this time for a federal BUILD grant, which was formally applied for by Hamilton County. The $25 million applied for was the maximum the region could get under the program, with leaders crediting U.S. Sen. Jon Husted for pushing the project.” . . . “Husted, who was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to replace Vice President JD Vance in the Senate in January 2025, cited his service on the Environment and Public Works Committee, as well as discussions he had with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.” . . . “Husted said he sent a letter to Duffy with about 30 projects across Ohio that needed funding, then was invited to a meeting with other lawmakers. The transportation department has thousands of requests for projects, Husted recalls Duffy telling them, so cut down your lists to those with the most impact.” . . . “Chamber CEO Brendon Cull cited Husted’s ‘dogged engagement’ with the Department of Transportation. “‘That’s exactly how he’s gotten things done for Ohio,’ Cull said. ‘He made it clear he was on it. Senator, you delivered for this region, and we are so very grateful.’” Read the full article here .