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Resident urges Council to endorse Highway 42 safety changes after multiple crashes; police cite new enforcement grant
Summary
At the public-comment period John Simpson urged the City to endorse KYTC changes on US 42—extending a 35 mph zone, adding flashing intersection warnings and Chevron curve signs—after multiple local crashes; the police chief described an overtime grant to concentrate enforcement on Highway 42 and thanked residents for reporting.
John Simpson told the Prospect City Council during public comment that several serious crashes and two fatalities occurred on a short stretch of U.S. Highway 42 and asked the city to endorse three specific safety measures requested of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet: extend the new 35 mph limit farther up the hill, install an intersection-warning device with flashing lights at the Heritage Creek/Marina Drive intersection, and place Chevron curve warnings around the outer…
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