Tunnel project underway in Northern Kentucky

A six-mile long, $109.4 million tunnel will be dug 300 feet underground in Northern Kentucky to carry sewage across western Boone County to a new treatment plant near the Ohio River.

The massive public project is being overseen by the Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky and will take place over the next 12 to 18 months.  By 2013, both the new $69.2 million treatment plant and $109.4 million tunnel should be complete and operational.

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