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Adair Fiscal CT (Nov. 12, 2013): Good news, roads and bridges

County roads get additional $100,000; Powder Creek Bridge completion reported, and more roads given safer speed limits. Phillip Cowan moved to full time at Road Department.
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By Ed Waggener

There was good news in the reports on roads, bridges and maintenance at the Adair Fiscal Court Tuesday, November 12, 2013, regular Fiscal Court meeting.

The biggest story was that an additional $100,000 in discretionary money will mean improvements on portions of three roads: 1 mile of Greenbriar Road in District 4 (Perry Reeder), on Powell Creek Road near Glens Fork in District 3 (Sammy Baker), and the Flatwoods Road near Portland in District 5 (Billy Dean Coffey.

The acceptance of the money was quickly approved on a motion by Magistrate Baker, with a second by Perry Reeder., was unanimous.



Jobe Darnell reports completion of Powder Creek Bridge

Adair County Road Superintendent Jobe Darnell reported an overall busy month for the road department, and announced the completion of the 19th - (out of just over 80 county maintain spans) bridges during the nearly 7 year tenure of Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton. A new bridge was completed in early November over Powder Creek on Clear Springs Road in Daryl Flatt's District 2.

Another bridge is approved and funded, over Cabin Creek on Old Montpelier Road, but Superintendent Darnell said that construction on it will likely start in the spring of 2014.

Phillip Cowan promoted to full-time

The court voted 6-1 to promote Road Department employee Phillip Cowan to full-time, at a salary of $9.50 per hour during a six months probationary period, after which his pay will be $10 per hour. Voting Yes: Harold Burton - 1, Sammy Baker - 3, Perry Reeder - 4, Billy Dean Coffey - 5, Joe Rogers - 6; and Billy Rowe -7. Voting No: Daryl Flatt - 2.

Reading of Roads by Justin Bailey

More County Roads will have lower, safer speed limits. The court approved second readings for a 20 mph speed limit on Lookout Road in the Antioch/Sparksville area in District 4, a 25 mph speed limit on Brock Burris Road near Gradyville, also in Perry Reeder's District 4, and a 30 mph speed limit on Keltnertown Road in Magistrate Billy Dean Coffey's District 5.

New private passageway in District 6

A first reading was approved for establishing a private passage way in Joe Roger's District 6, this one in the Knifley area for "John's Cabin Drive," off R. Beard Road.

Judge Melton asked the magistrates to work with Adair County Court Clerk Sheila Blair to correct new magisterial district maps. The county has a deadline of December 1, 2013 to have the maps approved in Frankfort. Some changes in district lines will move some voters in 2014 elections.



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Old Montpelier Road Bridge - This Year?



2013-08-30 - Montpelier, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton said this morning that this bridge will be replaced, but she's not sure if the Adair County Road Department will get to it this year. The dry bridge presently on Old Montpelier Road frequently acts as much as a dam as a bridge. It's barely visible in this photo, but there is a huge pile of driftwood on the left, far side of the dry bridge. Already this year, the county has a new bridge in place on Avery Rooks Road near Little Cake. Another is planned for Clearsprings Road in District 2. The bridge above, which will be built with Adair County Road Department funds, would be the third this year for Melton's Administration. Money for the project is not an issue, the CJE said. It's more manpower. "We have to get caught up on regular maintenance before winter comes," she said. (Comments? Memories? Please send, using the "Comments" button with this letter. For Big Thinkers: Is there a profitable good use for the driftwood? Joe Coffey, for whom the bridge ought to be named, said that wood which stays under water often makes the best lumber. He remembers stumps pulled out of Louisiana Bayous back in his pipelining days. "They must have been 100 years old," he said, "but they were a solid at could be, and you could use a cigarette lighter on the roots, even before they were dry, and light a fire. That was because there was so much turpentine in the them." Just wondering if there might be an entrepreneurial opportunity here, as private enterprise is finding in the recycling business these days.-EW)
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Scenic Adair County, KY: Life on Powder Creek is laid back



2013-10-01 - Clear Springs Road, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. It's one of the most peaceful places in Adair County at Benjy Kimbler's place beside Powder Creek in Adair County and so the laid back attitude in the sign. The house is in a stone's throw from the new Bridge being built on Clear Springs Road in Magisterial District 2 by the Adair County Road Department. In late September when the photo was taken the stream is docile, but Magistrate Daryl Flatt has photos on his iPhone which are a testament to Powder Creek's rambunctuousness when it would escape its banks and flood the bed of the old bridge.
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The Sigogglin Bridge over Powder Creek



2013-10-08 - Clear Springs Road, District 2, Adair County, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener. The Adair County Road Department is quickly building the new bridge over Powder Creek on Clear Springs Road in Magistrate Daryl Flatt's District (2). County built bridges are now a bit higher since the State requires design by engineering firms. This one special. Built at an angle, it may be the most sigogglin one in the county - maybe anywhere. The photo was taken Monday afternoon, October 7, 2013. The buildings down creek are on the Benjie Kimbler place. Paired photo - See also Strategizing at the Powder Creek Bridge project
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Powell Creek Bridge is complete



2013-11-09 - Clear Springs Road, District 2, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener.
It's a beauty
. The Bridge over Powder Creek on Clearsprings Road in Daryl Flatt's Magisterial District 2 is now open, and it's a beauty. The bridge was built by the Adair County Road Department - the 18th (or is it 19) built in the Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton's tenure. Upgrading roads, maintaining roads, and building bridges seems so routine now that it's sometimes difficult to wrap one's mind around the fact that almost 25% of Adair County's 80-some bridges have been replaced during Ann's administrations. The next bridge set for replacement is over Cabin Creek, on Old Montpelier Road, in Sammy Baker's District 3. The photo above was taken Friday, November 8, 2013. - EW

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