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Name Butler Regional Highway
Location Butler County, Ohio
Mode Highway
Description New construction of a 10.7 mile four-lane limited access road located in southwest Ohio, will connect an intersection in Hamilton, OH to I-75 in Liberty Township
Sponsor Butler County Transportation Improvement District (TID)
Cost $165,909,000
Type of Finance $158.5 million revenue bond sale in November 1997
$35 million in Ohio SIB loans; ODOT lease payments made through GARVEE bonds
Revenue Sources Lease payments
Project Delivery / Contract Method Ohio DOT (ODOT) will lease road from TID through 2017
Private Investor Partner None
Project Advisors  
Lenders  
Physical Status Opened Fall 2000
Financial Status Closed
Innovations In 1996, Butler County TID was first recipient of a SIB loan. ODOT was first to receive approval from the U.S. DOT to launch the nation's first SIB.
Related Links / Articles

Read about Butler Highway in the FHWA Innovative Finance Quarterly

Article providing background on planning and approvals

US Secretary of Transportation comments on Butler Highway

Article tracking construction progress

Ohio State Infrastructure Bank

Read about Butler Highway in the FHWA Innovative Finance

Quarterly Article providing background on planning and approvals

Article, map and photographs

TID Project Description

US Secretary of Transportation comments on Butler Highway

Article tracking construction progress

Ohio State Infrastructure Bank

Contacts Melinda Lawrence
Richard Reiff
Division of Finance
Ohio DOT
(614) 644-7255
Last Review/Update Ohio DOT, February 2004
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