Friday, May 30, 2014

Road work to begin on Ky. 120 Tuesday

A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KyTC) plans work along Ky. 120 through Providence in Webster County starting Tuesday.

Work is planned along Ky/ 120/Main Street from mile point 3.645 just west of the Railroad Crossing near Cedar Street and extends eastward through providence to the intersection with U.S. 41-Altnerate at mile point 6.723, a distance of just over 3 miles.

Starting Tuesday, a crew will be making base repairs at various locations along this section for about two days. Once those base repairs are completed, traffic will be allowed to run on this section for about a week to allow the new base material to settle.

Starting around Tuesday, the contractor plans to start milling and asphalt paving operations along Ky. 120 through Providence, including sidewalk ramp upgrades.

Motorists should be alert for one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers.  There will be times during the milling and paving process when on-street parking will be prohibited to help facilitate the work.

Rogers Group is the prime contractor on this $569,901 highway improvement project.  The work is expected to take about two weeks to complete, weather permitting.

Approximately 6,000 vehicles travel sections of this work zone along Ky. 120 in an average day.