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Ann, Adair Co. Road Dept.: They love to build roads, bridges Five major road widening projects complete. Four others are underway. CJE Ann Melton is already making list of priorities for Spring work. County Road crew can take its place superlative construction crew which attacks road projects with the intensity of Seabees, giving county as much reason for pride in the Road Department heroes as in its wonderful academics, athletes, emergency response teams, and volunteers Click on headline for full story, photo(s) By Ed Waggener A knowledgeable traveller, blindfolded and taken up in a helicopter to a road site in Southern Adair County removed the blindfold, and asked to guess where he or she is located, he or she might guess that the location is somewhere along the reconconstruction path of KY 61 South. They would be, in fact, on a four-tenths of a mile stretch of Chance Road, which, just 84 days ago, was densely strewn with fallen trees along the .4 mile wooded stretch, which now looks more like two lanes of the Smoky Mountain Parkway than the narrow country lane it was some six weeks ago. The new, wide stretch, is what the Adair County Road Department cleared of downed trees in one hour, and what the department, since it came under the direction of CJE Ann Melton, was able to build with a a $15,000 clean-up grant given to the county by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. This administration, with Judge Melton, Highway Administrative Assistant Lisa Lee, and Adair County Road Superintendent Jobe Darnell in leadership, just loves to build roads. And bridges. Even with the heavy damage to the roads with storms this, year, even with the heavy growth of vegetation with the perfect growing season, the Road Department has been able to keep up with maintenance and move ahead with improvements. Roads already improved These roads have already had improvements this year:
"If anyone has a request for an improvement, please contact my office." she said. "We'll then consider the the factors to put a priority the project." Five Bridges have been built When the Gradyville Country Club Road Bridge was built, it was was the fifth one built by the Adair County Road Department in the past three years, in Judge Melton's administration. Others are the Grassy Creek Road in District 1; the Short Creek Bridge in District 1; at the entrance to Spout Springs, Spout Springs Road, in District 6; and the Creek Bend Road Bridge in District 2. Those factors are:
The road widening should continue this spring, she said. "Road funds are carefully spent to make the limited money we get go further. We go after every possible grant we can get. We go over every bill a vendor gives us to make sure the county is getting full measure, and we have the most motivated, dedicated, and capable road crew in Adair County history," she said. "In fact, I'd put them up against any road department in Kentucky. They are that good." Watching what goes out, and going after every penny Adair County is entitled to, keeps Adair County Road fund at record levels. In fact, the reconciled cash balance in the Adair County Road Fund at the end of August, 2009, was $881,708.80, according to Treasurer Barry Corbin. The road department includes Superintendent Jobe Darnell, Lonnie Page, Gary Samuell, Terry Williams, Tom Brock, Tony Denton, David Harden, and Billy Cowan, full time workers. They being helped this summer by part time seasonal employees Phillip Carter, Mitchell Rooks, Donnie Shirley, and James Walker. The judge's office can be reached at (270) 384-4703 or email the judge at AC This story was posted on 2009-09-08 16:11:21
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