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Campbellsville ST/RD center stage as Construction Season starts Announcement of Barney Burns' Bowling & Fun Center, the removal of the old Parson House, and the Town Creek Project all have happened in the last couple of weeks. Town Creek project developed on multi-faceted front, aided by Governor Beshear and his staff, Senator Sara Beth Gregory, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials in Frankfort, Somerset and at the Highway Barn in Columbia, CJE Ann Melton and the Adair Fiscal Court, Mayor Mark Harris, and Junior Stotts, who helped with negotiate project, and Rob Wilkerson, Columbia Manufacturer who, it is now learned, is the private benefactor who has offered to fund the removal of the Parson House Click on headline for story with photo(s) By Ed Waggener Fast moving announcements from three separate events affecting Campbellsville Street/Road from downtown to the bypass, are making a big difference in the fortunes of the stretch of road. First there was the announcement of the Barney Burns new bowling fun center - already underway. Then came the announcement Tuesday night at the Columbia City Council meeting that the Columbia Cemetery Board would be given the city's blessing to take legal steps to obtain the Parson House, which the Cemetery Board will raze. And finally, word of succcess in a four month long effort to get the Town Creek Project underway, for safety, flood control, and beautification was made public by Senator Sara Beth Gregory and Mayor Mark Harris. Project will eliminate dangerous open ditch, give flood protection, and beautify area The Town Creek project will eliminate the open ditch at 400 Campbellsville Street, eliminate a danger for any vihicle which might leave the Campbellsville Street road way, and improve the appearance of the area. Senator Gregory, the point person on the effort, said credit for the project should go to many people including , Adair County Executive Judge Ann Melton and members of Adair County Fiscal Court, who help in the negotiations, and Mayor Mark Harris for helping the engineers with utilities relocation, and to Gov. Steve Beshear his executive staff, and officers in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet from the Secretary to the District Engineer in Somerset, to the foreman of the Adair County KDE Highway Foreman, Junior Brown. Senator learned of the situation at the 2013 Christmas in Columbia Parade Senator Gregory was made aware of the situation at the Christmas Parade from long time family friend Junior Stotts, while in Columbia in December, 2013. She visited the site then and on subsequent visits to Columbia, KY. The project is aimed also at alleviating periodic flooding of Campbellsville Street and business parking areas in the 400 block of Campbellsville Street, including Adair Automotive, Columbia Tire and Recapping, Harper Auto Detailing, and the original Wall Refrigeration Building. When the work is complete, with a newculvert, the creek will flow straight, beginning at the bridge on Fairground Street for a straight in an underground passage under Campbellsville Street, through a corner of the Parson House property, and re-emerge behind Harper's Auto Detailing building and Adair Automotive's south parking lot. . The straightening will eliminate one 90 degree turn and another acute turn by property of Adair Automotive, and assure that businesses and Campbellsville Street will not flood after downpours. The open ditch way parallel to Campbellsville Road between what was Burton Bros. Services Station and Columbia Tire and Recapping will be filled in. "It was an accident waiting to happen," Judge Melton said. "And the flooding was all too frequent, she said, remembering the anxiety her parents, Peggy and the late Dan Waggener, faced each time the skies blackened, and the worry that the creek might flood their business, Columbia Tire & Recapping. The turns being eliminated created eddies which were accelerated erosion when heavy rains occurred. Turning lane not likely in first phase of the project Mayor Harris told members of the city council Monday night that the area will be beautified and said that there was talk of a new turning lane. Sen. Gregory said that at the present time, she only knows that there will be a green light for the diversion project and filling the open ditch. But Senator Gregory said there is already talk of a second phase which would include a turning lane on the property now owned by Rob Wilkerson of Assisted Transportation Systems. WIlkerson is the private benefactor who's offered to fund the Parson House removal Wilkerson did say that he is okay letting the public know that he is the private benefactor who will fund the demolition and removal of the Parson House once all the legal challenges are met. "I appreciate what is being done. When this work is complete that intersection should be a lot safer and it will make a huge difference in appearance to people entering our community from that end of town." ATS now converts Toyota vans to handicap accessible vehicles on the corner, he didn't announce further improvements on the lot, but is considering a possible showroom for the company products at the site. But that may depend on other factors. "I have had interest from a few groups interested in the corner late for further improvement and business ventures," he said, but did not elaborate. Just a few months earlier, Wilkerson accquired the Junior Food Store Property and renovated it for the his Adair Pawn store. "A lifelong family friend and a Democrat helped" In the background, all along, was a man Sara Beth Gregory likes to refer to as a "lifelong friend of the family - and a Democrat" - Junior Stotts. "He helped us every step of the way." CJE Melton and a member of her court, Perry Reeder, agreed that this project had been a bipartisan effort. Reeder said that when he, Judge Melton, and Fifth District Magistrate Billy Dean Coffey went to Frankfort for a visit with to the Department of Transportation, with an appointment in the Governor's Office, the group was met by Senator Gregory at the door, accompanied by the Governor's Chief of Staff, Larry Bond, who quipped, "Adair County - Adair County - Adair County. That's all I hear, Adair County." "But," Reeder said, it Adair County was just beginning to get some good news out of Frankfort, "When Judge Melton, Billy Dean Coffey, Junior Stotts and I went in, Ann got the emergency money to build the Frank Dohoney Road Bridge (now under construction), and then word that the money for the Adair County Senior Citizens Center. I saw how Senator Gregory, a Republican, had worked with a Democratic Governor, Steve Beshear, to help us." North of the Bypass on Campbellsville Road, there's major activity too - but thats another story. This story was posted on 2014-05-08 16:00:23
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