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Simpson County hears $1.1 million rural-secondary road plan; resurfacing slated on KY 622 and KY 2592
Summary
State Highway Department representatives told Simpson County Fiscal Court the county’s rural secondary allotment and carryover totals nearly $1.1 million, with 42% going to routine maintenance across 95 miles and specific resurfacing planned on KY 622 and KY 2592.
Representatives from the Kentucky State Highway Department briefed Simpson County Fiscal Court on April 15 on nearly $1.1 million in rural secondary allotments and carryover funding and a slate of resurfacing and maintenance projects across county-owned routes.
Joe Plunk of the State Highway Department said 42% of the allocation is being used for routine maintenance and traffic work on 95 miles of rural secondary routes, with a separate portion earmarked for addressing base failures and resurfacing. “Placing inch asphalt resurfacing on 2.2 miles of 622, from the intersection of Craft Road to Warren County line, cost right at $362,269,” Plunk said. He also detailed paving of Kentucky 2592 from the intersection of 73 to 31W estimated at about $162,368, and noted recently completed resurfacing of KY 621 (2.7 miles) and the full 6.5 miles of KY 1008.
East Magistrate Marty Chandler asked whether a left-turn lane could be added at the KY 1008 and 31W corner near the Fivestar gas station to ease congestion. Plunk responded that property owners had previously added a private drive and that the corridor is access-controlled, with designated entrances about every 1,200 feet; he said the owner could remove the curb at their expense to add a left-turn lane but warned that permitting left turns there could produce traffic backups. Judge Mason Bames suggested adding a southbound lane beginning at O’Reilly’s to help traffic flow.
The Highway representatives also said a turning lane project near Hunt Ford at KY 1008 and 31W has been awarded and will include curb repairs. The briefing closed with program-level details including a Flex Fund allocation of $146,632 (15% of the initial distribution) and routine maintenance expenditures that include ditching, pipe work and patching.
The court did not vote on the Highway Department recommendations during the briefing; the presentation was provided for information and to guide future procurement and project scheduling.
