Paving, milling work starts on rural highways

Milling and  paving work in Crittenden County starts today and will continue for about a week along several stretched or state highways.


This milling and paving work will be along the following routes and locations:

• Ky. 135 from mile point 12.04 near Flannery Road to mile point 12.692 near the Ky. 91 intersections
• Ky. 295 from the Crittenden-Lyon County line at mile point 0.0 to Ky. 70 at mile point 1.803
• Ky. 855 from Ky. 902 at mile point 0.0 to Ky. 70 at mile point 3.209

The tentative work schedule is as follows:

• Today – Place construction signs on Ky. 135, Ky. 295 and Ky 855 and cut back shoulders.
• Saturday  – Mill on Ky. 135, Ky. 295 and Ky. 855 and start paving operations on Ky. 855.
• Monday – Complete paving operations on Ky. 855 and start paving operations on Ky. 295.
• Wednesday — Complete paving operations on Ky. 295 and start and complete paving operations on Ky. 135.
• Next Thursday – Place shoulders and complete project.

All schedules are tentative and on a weather permitting basis.

Motorists traveling these routes are asked to slow down and use appropriate caution where equipment, flaggers, and construction personnel are on the roadway in close proximity to traffic flow. Motorists can expect to encounter one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers. Minor delays are possible in these work zones during the movement and placement of equipment as crews go about their work.

Rogers Group is the prime contractor on this $417,542 Kentucky Transportation Cabinet(KyTC) highway improvement project.

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