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Gov. Fletcher announces $62,000 for City street widenings Mayor Patrick R. Bell's Office says streets included for widening are Rice Drive, Butler ST, West Frazier, Grady Loop, Hayes ST, Tim ST, Blake ST, Jones ST, and Appen AVE. They will get two additional feet on each side, for a total additional width of four feet By Ed Waggener Governor Ernie Fletcher and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) announced today, Wednesday, October 18, 2006, that $62,000 in KYTC bond funds have been awarded to the City of Columbia, KY.. Local officials have just been informed of the bond funding. "Governor Fletcher's goals for Kentucky's state highway system are to boost economic development and improve safety as we build stronger communities across the state," Transportation Cabinet Secretary Bill Nighbert said. He added, "This funding is one more example of how the Governor is taking steps to enhance the quality of life for local residents in Kentucky." The $62,000 will be used to resurface and widen several Columbia Streets, Mayor Pat Bell said. The application for the Governor's Discretionary Bond Fund money noted that the City wished to widen narrow City streets which have high volumes of traffiic. The application cited problems emergency vehicles have negotiating the streets when answering calls. "We tried to pick streets which can be widened without having to do extensive work on the shoulders," he said. "If, after we get into the projects we find that some on the list do require too much work," he added, we'll just move over to a street which doesn't have to have a lot of digging." The streets will be widened by two feet on each side. The additional two feet of width will have two inch deep blacktop. The list originally submitted to the state includes these streets:
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