Road Work

STANFORD - The Lincoln County judge-executive is facing criticism for authorizing road work on a church parking lot. At Monday's Fiscal Court meeting, Judge-Executive Jim Adams said, “It was my call” to have the county road department grade, gravel and chip and seal the parking lot of the Church at Cedar Creek on U.S. 150 east of Stanford, though he went on to argue that it wasn't a parking lot at all, but a very large, wide driveway....

Nick Franklin operated a milling machine for The Allen Company of Winchester, removing a layer of old blacktop from Belmont Avenue and Colby Road Monday morning. The work is being done from the intersection of Boone Avenue to Milwood Drive. Larry Sparks raised a cloud of dust while sweeping the milled area of the road. The section of road is being milled and blacktopped along with two other sections between Milwood and the Bypass.

Department of highways personnel plan to conduct the following maintenance activities in Lincoln County for the week of Oct. 1-5: Monday, Oct. 1: â?¢Cutting shoulders on Hwy. 78 at MP 13-15 â?¢Pickup litter on Hwy. 27 at MP 0-1 Tuesday, Oct. 2: â?¢Cutting shoulder on Hwy. 78 at MP 13-15 â?¢Pickup litter on Hwy. 27 at MP 1-2 Wednesday, Oct. 3: â?¢Install entrance tile on Hwy. 78 at MP 13-14 â?¢Pickup litter on Hwy. 27 at MP 2-3 Thursday, Oct. 4: â?

The Allen Company, Inc., will be doing work on Danville Avenue in Stanford: Thursday and Friday, June 22 and 23 - milling of roadway. Monday and Tuesday, June 26 and 27 - paving of roadway.

LEXINGTON - Construction work is under way for the Kiddville Road/Mountain Parkway interchange in southeastern Clark County, The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Department of Highways announced Friday. The $8.34 million project includes a new bridge over the parkway and four access ramps, according to a statement issued by the agency. In addition, KY 974 (Kiddville Road) between the Mountain Parkway and KY 15 will be reconstructed. The project was let on Dec. 14, 2012, and was awarded to the Allen Company Inc. Significant impacts to traffic will not be effective immediately.

Council to meet The George Rogers Clark High School-based Decision-making Council will meet Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in the school library. Road work begins Maintenance work will take place on the Winchester Bypass in Clark County, according to the Kentucky Department of Highways. Work will be performed Sunday evening through Thursday morning, May 3. Work will begin at 8 p.m. each evening and continue until about 7 a.m. the following morning. The location for the work will be between Ky. 627 and Revilo Road.

STANFORD - The Lincoln County judge-executive is facing criticism for authorizing road work on a church parking lot. At Monday's Fiscal Court meeting, Judge-Executive Jim Adams said, “It was my call” to have the county road department grade, gravel and chip and seal the parking lot of the Church at Cedar Creek on U.S. 150 east of Stanford, though he went on to argue that it wasn't a parking lot at all, but a very large, wide driveway....

As of Thursday night, 75 percent of the recycling bins had been delivered to residents of the Holiday Hills neighborhood for the first phase of what organizers and government officials hope will be a city-wide project. At a Winchester Municipal Utilities Commission meeting Thursday evening, WMU¿General Manager Mike Flynn gave a presentation of the utility's current projects, and he said the Holiday Hills recycling project has received relatively good feedback. He said he has heard that the only negative feedback comes from resentment.

I have struggled for several weeks now to find a connection between a non-animal related topic and our four legged furry family members. Then, suddenly while driving to work this morning the answer plopped down in my lap. Actually, it was Marlo, our 2-year-old Yorkie, as she climbed from the back floorboard into my lap and began involuntarily shaking nervously. I imagined that she felt the same uneasiness as I did as my vehicle leaned hard to the right despite my tight grip on the steering wheel and useless shifting of my weight to the left.

The federal stimulus act gets a lot of attention. With its "shovel-ready" projects and giant amounts of funding ? Kentucky is getting an estimated $3 billion ? it's the flashy superstar of government projects. But while stimulus stories are landing above the fold on newspapers across the nation, the regular, everyday government projects and funding sources are still there, behind the scenes, getting things done without much attention. Case-in-point: road projects in The Advocate-Messenger's coverage area.

Nick Franklin operated a milling machine for The Allen Company of Winchester, removing a layer of old blacktop from Belmont Avenue and Colby Road Monday morning. The work is being done from the intersection of Boone Avenue to Milwood Drive. Larry Sparks raised a cloud of dust while sweeping the milled area of the road. The section of road is being milled and blacktopped along with two other sections between Milwood and the Bypass.

FORKLAND - Ky. 37, or Forkland Road, will be closed 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday for road work from Tar Lick to Carpenter's Creek roads. Road crews are replacing the cross drain. An alternate route is Ky. 1108, or Mitchellsburg Knob. All work is scheduled on a tentative basis and is subject to change depending on weather conditions, emergencies and other factors beyond the control of the Department of Highways, according to an e-mailed press release. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet asks motorists to be aware of the work zone and to utilize safe driving habits when traveling through the work area.

School officials are hopeful that a $113,000 road project will ease the traffic congestion around Strode Station Elementary. Last week, the Clark County Board of Education gave the green light to build a road from Frontier Way to the bus loop in front of the school. District Director of Operations Paul Christy has been updating the board on the project in recent months, but said the plans are now ready for state approval. The cost is up from previous estimates due to the involvement of architects and some required site preparation, he said.