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Fiscal court holds first reading to discontinue paper segments of Fairlane Short Road and Plum Creek Road after KYTC realignment; resident raises safety concern
Summary
The fiscal court held a first reading of ordinance 00225 to discontinue portions of Fairlane Short Road and Plum Creek Road that exist only on paper after a KYTC realignment. An adjacent resident described increased safety risks for northbound traffic and asked the county to work with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
Campbell County Fiscal Court held the first reading of ordinance 00225, which would discontinue segments of Fairlane Short Road and Plum Creek Road that remain only on paper after a realignment by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC). County staff said the action would update the official county‑maintained road list to reflect the realigned intersection of Plum Creek Road and U.S. 27 and that petitions were received from two adjacent property owners seeking to acquire the vacated parcels.
Cindy, a county transportation staff member, told the court the vacated sections are "paper roads" and that survey work and property work took time to complete. She said the realigned Plum Creek remains open and functioning; the ordinance would vacate the old entrance and split the vacated Short Fairlane land between two adjacent owners.
A resident who identified their address as 1396 Reshore Fairland spoke at length during public comment, describing safety problems created after KYTC removed the lower entrance and realigned the road. The resident said northbound vehicles now must stop in a passing lane to enter the remaining access, that heavy trucks and commercial traffic make the situation worse and that sight‑distance and turning geometry have produced near misses and at least one collision. The resident asked the court to press KYTC to reassess the alignment and to continue working with the county to address sight lines and turn radii.
Court members said they would relay the concerns to KYTC and act as a liaison. Cindy said two independent reviewers inspected the site to confirm public use patterns. No vote on the ordinance occurred; it was presented as a first reading and will return for a future vote after the required posting and time for review.
The court recorded the public comment during the first reading and agreed to follow up with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on the resident's safety concerns.
