News Release

 

Kentucky Department of Highways District 9

Contact: Allen Blair

606.845.2551 (office)

606.748.3716 (cell)

Allen.Blair@ky.gov​


State begins study of highway safety, traffic needs in Ashland-Boyd-Greenup urban area
Public input needed; website available

 

FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. (Dec. 12, 2019) – Transportation engineers are studying safety and future traffic needs along state highways in the Ashland-Boyd-Greenup urban area of northeast Kentucky. And, they need the public's help.

The Kentucky Department of Highways District 9 contracted with consultant engineering firm QK4, Inc. to begin the Boyd-Greenup County Small Urban Area Study earlier this fall.

Its focus is to identify existing safety and traffic congestion issues on all state-maintained roadways and chosen local routes in a 50-square-mile area that includes the US 23 corridor between Catlettsburg, Ashland, and Greenup and along the US 60 corridor between Ashland and Cannonsburg in Boyd County.

Engineers will use analysis and public input to look at those issues, then identify possible highway improvements that could meet existing and future transportation needs over the next 30 years.

The engineering team met with state, city, county, and local officials about the study this week. Public meetings are expected to begin in January.

A public involvement website is available now where anyone may share information or ideas about state highway safety and traffic needs in the study area. More info and a link can be found online via Highway District 9 at http://transportation.ky.gov/DistrictNine/Pages/Boyd-Greenup-SUA-Study.aspx, or on the KYOVA Interstate Planning Commission's site at http://www.kyovaipc.org/.

Links and news about the study will also be shared on Highway District 9's social media sites at http://Facebook.com/KYTCDistrict9 and on Twitter @KYTCDistrict9.

The public is encouraged to visit the website now to start offering input on the Boyd-Greenup Small Urban Area Study.

 

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The direct link to the public involvement website, for embedding in articles, etc., is: https://tinyurl.com/sza838b

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