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Site prep underway; completion of KY 61-LBN Parkway interchange expected in '06 Photo follows this story By Ed Waggener It won't be long how until the new Interchange at KY 61 and the Louie B. Nunn Parkway is complete. Brush work is well underway and earth moving has begun. "Look for an opening in late summer, 2006," Kenny Roller, Campbellsville, KY a vice president of Haydon Bros. Construction of Springfield, KY, predicted Thursday morning, June 30, 2006. Mr. Roller was at the site with Project Foreman James Patterson, Greensburg, KY, before 7:00 a.m., Thursday, as work was getting well underway. The interchange is part of the $71 million dollar package of state projects which were proposed by Gov. Ernie Fletcher and included in the 2005-2006 state budget. The budget was approved in the last session of the legislature. For many, this interchange is the most significant traffic facilitation element in the package. It will add greatly to the importance of the new KY 61 South, Columbia Bypass. The projects are part of a dream have a good highway from Elizabethtown to 1-40 in Tennessee. Speaker of the House Jody Richards, who grew up in Adair County, once remarked "This route will be the third most important north-south road in Kentucky, after 1-65 and 1-75." Already, going from Elizabethtown to Hodgenville to Campbellsville to Columbia, to Burkesville to Celina, TN, and on south in Tennessee to Livingston, Cookeville, Sparta, Spencer and on into Chattanooga saves drivers one and one-half to two hours driving time over using only the Interstates. When the new segments are complete, that time-savings should increase. As a consequence, utilization of both the Louie B. Nunn and KY 61 is likely to dramatically increase. There is talk that, among the businesses which may come to the interchange area are a 100,000 sq. ft. plus mega store (Super Wal-Mart or similar), a new hotel or hotels, and additional restaurants. And, in anticipation of crossover RV traffic from 1-75 to the new 800 unit RV camp being constructed south of Franklin, KY, the area around the interchange could be an attractive location for a large to huge RV-and-semi-truck stop. So far, none of the private projects have been officially announced, but negotiations are now being conducted at a rather fast pace. This story was posted on 2005-06-30 10:59:52
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