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Ann gets guardrails for 2 locations, asks for 9 more installations

State has already given 100 feet of replaced guardrails from Campbellsville Road for installation in Districts 1 and 5; Judge Melton is requesting guardrails at nine more danger spots

By Ed Waggener

Judge Ann Melton thinks more guardrails up on Adair County Roads would go a long way to protecting travellers in Adair County, and she's asking the Kentucky Department of Highways to lend a hand to get them in place.

Some are already on their way, to take care of two situations, but Judge Melton is asking the state for guardrails for nine additional locations on roads in Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Already, she's obtained about 100 feet in a separate request.



"The state is giving us some refurbished guardrails, which were replaced on 55 north," she said. These will be re-installed by the county in two places: 1) On Stone Cemetery Road in District 5 near Portland, and 2) on the Christine-Sano Road in District 1, not far from the Grassy Springs Bridge. There's about 100 feet available for these locations.

The nine locations are under another Kentucky Highway Department program, with the State doing the installation work. Judge Melton is asking for guardrails at these points:
  • District 1: Two locations - 1) On Little Cake Road, and 2) on Scott Hill Rd above Barnett's Creek.

  • District 2: On R. Grider Road beside pond.

  • District 3: Two locations - 1) Off KY 900 in front of Beech Grove Church, and 2) near the west end of KY 900, at the bottom of Dug Hill.

  • District 4: On Gradyville Hill on East 80, from Jones Chapel Store toward Janes Fertilizer.

  • District 5: On Corbin-Richards Road Road, Sulpher Springs.

  • District 6: Two locations - 1) On Ray Williams Road, on the new section on the steep hill, and 2) on Tucker Warren Road.
"These are all locations were guardrails could make a big difference in safety," Judge Melton said.Lisa Lee, Administrative Assistant in the Judge's office who specializes in road maintenance, agreed. "You just have to look at the situation on Ray Williams Hill to see how dangerous some of the locations are."


This story was posted on 2007-06-23 09:23:28
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