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Judge declares emergency on Brashears Creek Road after major shoulder slide
Summary
Spencer County Judge Executive declared an emergency Oct. 8 and reported it to the court Oct. 18 after a roughly 60-foot shoulder slide damaged guardrail and closed Brashears Creek Road, disrupting emergency response and school bus routes.
Spencer County Judge Executive John Riley reported an emergency declaration for Brashears Creek Road at the Oct. 18 Fiscal Court meeting, citing a significant shoulder slide that compromised the road and guardrail.
Riley’s executive order, dated Oct. 8 and filed in the meeting packet, states that rain events created an “approximately 60' shoulder slide” along the north side of the roadway that required closing the road to all traffic for safety and interfered with emergency response times and school bus routes. The order notes a nearby FEMA project on Brashears Creek Road that will require rail and cribbing and says a limited number of available contractors makes it necessary to expedite repairs.
In the executive order text, Riley invoked authority under state law to declare the emergency and directed county staff to facilitate and expedite necessary repairs to reopen the roadway.
At the meeting, the court did not vote to appropriate specific funds for the repair; QK4 and other engineering items for road projects appear elsewhere in the packet. Officials said the county will coordinate with engineers and available contractors to address the slide and related FEMA work; the County Judge Executive is authorized under the executive order to facilitate repairs and contracts.
What’s next: Staff and the county engineer will coordinate procurement and repairs. The court’s approval of specific repair contracts or fund transfers was not finalized in the Oct. 18 meeting packet.
