UPDATE on Paving along KY 998/Olivet Church Road in McCRACKEN County
To expedite paving of KY 998/Olivet Church Road between US 62 and US 60, the contractor plans to close the roadway to through traffic starting Monday, August 13, 2018.
Rain and Heavy through traffic have hampered paving efforts. To speed the paving process and improve safety for both the public and paving personnel, the contractor plans to close KY 998/Olivet Church Road to all through traffic during daylight hours on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Local homeowners and property owners will be allowed through the work zone.
Message boards have been placed at key locations to direct through traffic to seek an alternate route.
With some cooperation from the weather, the paving crew could completed their work along this section of KY 998 by sometime Wednesday.
A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has started milling and paving along a section of US 60/Hinkleville Road West of Paducah in McCracken County.
Milling and paving along US 60 Hinkleville Road runs from milepoint 7.7 near the McCracken County High School Entrance extending eastward to milepoint 9.587 at the KY 998/Olivet Church Road intersection, a distance of about 1.8 miles.
Motorists should be alert for slowing and merging traffic as they approach this work zone. Appropriate caution is required where equipment, flaggers, and paving personnel are along the roadway in close proximity to traffic flow.
Milling and paving along this section of US 60/Hinkleville Road is expected to take about 4 to 6 days to complete, weather permittting.
Once work is completed along this section of US 60 West of Paducah, the contractor will immediately move to a section of KY 998/Olivet Church Road from milepoint 0.0 at the US 62/Blandville Road intersection extending northward to milepoint 2.314 at the US 60/Hinkleville Road intersection. Once work starts along the KY 998/Olivet Chruch Road portion of this paving project, motorists should be alert for one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers.
Jim Smith Contracting, LLC, of Grand Rivers is the prime contractor on this $983,157 highway improvement project. The target completion date is November 15, 2018.