Jan 28 Environment How Salting The Roads Impacts Local Streams In Louisville Louisville’s Public Works Department amasses as much as 35,000 tons of salt to keep city streets free of ice and snow. But salting roads damages local waterways and impairs marine life. By Ryan Van Velzer Jan 28 Environment How Salting The Roads Impacts Local Streams In Louisville Ryan Van Velzer
Feb 5 Community Louisville Released A 2-Year Solid Waste Study. Here’s What It Says A two-year study commissioned by the city shows that Jefferson County sent more than 800,000 tons of recyclables to the landfill in 2015. By Amina Elahi Feb 5 Community Louisville Released A 2-Year Solid Waste Study. Here's What It Says Amina Elahi
Dec 27 Community Public Works Accident Leaves One Employee Dead, One Injured An accident at a Louisville Public Works roads maintenance facility late Wednesday morning left one employee dead and another hospitalized. By Amina Elahi Dec 27 Community Public Works Accident Leaves One Employee Dead, One Injured Amina Elahi
Dec 21 Local News Occupy Louisville Pushes Discussion on Homelessness Click here to see all of our Occupy Louisville coverage Occupy Louisville is in the middle of the movement’s first high-profile feud with Metro Government. And while the protest is focused on corporate greed, another issue has come up. The city has told occupiers they will not be able to erect tents at their protest […] By Gabe Bullard Dec 21 Local News Occupy Louisville Pushes Discussion on Homelessness Gabe Bullard
Dec 19 Local News Occupy Louisville Discusses City’s Decision Not To Allow Tents Occupy Louisville demonstrators say they plan to stand up to Metro Government, which has decided not to allow the group to erect tents past Jan. 2. “Not many are going to come and stand around if they can’t occasionally get warm, if they can’t meet with other people who are going to be there. It […] By Devin Katayama Dec 19 Local News Occupy Louisville Discusses City’s Decision Not To Allow Tents Devin Katayama
Jun 11 Local News Public Works Director Defends Quick Action in Stimulus Proposals Budget hearings continued today before Louisville’s Metro Council. Some council members took the opportunity of having public works officials before them to criticize the way stimulus project have been handled so far. Public Works Director Ted Pullen was before the council’s budget committee to outline his department’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Councilman Hal […] By Stephanie Crosby Jun 11 Local News Public Works Director Defends Quick Action in Stimulus Proposals Stephanie Crosby
Dec 12 Local News 'Postponed' Projects Not Likely to be Completed Soon A large number of capital projects were ‘postponed’ this week when Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson announced his budget cuts to close a 20-million dollar budget gap. Three-point-six million dollars worth of projects have been halted to save the city money. The largest number of those cancelled projects are in the Public Works Department. Director Ted […] By Stephanie Crosby Dec 12 Local News 'Postponed' Projects Not Likely to be Completed Soon Stephanie Crosby