Traffic will be restricted in downtown Marion Thursday night as work begins on resurfacing Main Street.
Rogers Group, a contractor for the Kentucky Department of Highways, will begin base repairs after dark Thursday between Tabor’s Towing and Repair and the sewer plant north of town. Work will take one night to complete the initial phase of the resurfacing process.
Work will consist of milling and patching of bad places on the street. After about a week to settle, resurfacing will begin. The project should be done by Sept. 7 at a cost of $550,000. On-street parking will not be available during milling or paving.
Motorists should be alert for one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers. Appropriate caution is required where equipment, flaggers, and construction personnel are on the roadway in close proximity to traffic flow. This work is being scheduled at night to minimize traffic disruptions, said Keith Todd, spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Highways. Approximately 9,000 vehicles travel this section of U.S. 60 in downtown Marion in a average day.
This segment of US 60 is part of a group paving project that started last fall that included a section of KY 1077. The paving was put on hold to allow the City of Marion to complete installation of new water lines through the downtown area.
Rogers Group, Inc., is the prime contractor on this $555,000 highway improvement project. The estimated completion date for asphalt paving is Sept. 7.
