More detailed information will help transportation officials choose:Build new road or widen existing corridor between Salyersville, Prestonsburg PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (May 18, 2015) – Based on positive feedback from a recent public meeting, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will carry forward its preliminary evaluation of a cross-country corridor for extending the Mountain Parkway […]
KYTC seeks feedback on alternatives to create four-lane corridor between Salyersville and Prestonsburg PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (April 14, 2015) – More than 300 people attended a public meeting Tuesday to offer feedback on two options under consideration for extending the Mountain Parkway from Salyersville to Prestonsburg. During the meeting at Prestonsburg […]
First construction contract awarded; plans advancing in many area PRESTONSBURG, KY (April 8, 2015) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet invites citizens to provide input on two options under consideration for extending the Mountain Parkway from Salyersville to Prestonsburg. Officials will hold a public meeting on April 14 in Prestonsburg to present […]
Exit 75 will be improved, redesigned with parkway widening SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (March 12, 2015) – Crews are starting work in a second section of the Mountain Parkway Expansion. The latest project will widen 1.1 miles of the parkway and make improvements to the KY 7/Salyersville interchange. The interchange improvements include reconfiguring […]
Work could lead to brief traffic interruptions SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (Feb. 5, 2015) – Crews with Bizzack Construction LLC continue to clear land along a 1.4 mile section of the Mountain Parkway, and soon they will begin creating a wider path to expand the road.Drilling of rock is scheduled to begin Monday, […]
Two-year project will add interchange, four-lane parkway A new interchange to the Mountain Parkway will be added at Gifford Road. It will provide access to the planned Magoffin County Industrial Park. SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (Jan. 20, 2015) – Crews are placing road signs this week to prepare for next week’s start […]
Salyersville location will be staffed six days a week SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (Jan. 16, 2015) – Residents who want to know more about the Mountain Parkway Expansion now can get information about the project at a new office in Salyersville. The office is in the Magoffin Plaza, 447 Parkway Drive (U.S. 460).“As construction […]
First construction contract awarded; plans advancing in many area SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2014) – Citizens received a virtual tour of nearly 21 miles of the Mountain Parkway that will be widened and improved during the next several years to provide better access and safety along this vital thoroughfare through Eastern […]
Signs mark beginning of widening, extension to complete long-promised road SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (Oct. 16, 2014) – More than 50 years after the Mountain Parkway opened, Gov. Steve Beshear and Eastern Kentucky leaders today marked the beginning of the Mountain Parkway Expansion – a 46-mile transformational construction project to improve mobility, […]
Project will widen parkway to four lanes, improve interchanges CAMPTON, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2014) – Citizens learned about two alternatives Tuesday night that are being considered for the planned widening and improvement of the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County.Nearly 100 citizens attended a meeting at Campton Elementary School, where engineers from […]
