|
Photo of the Day: Wednesday,
July 2, 2008
Company to Cover Knight Rd.
Repair Bill
The western section of Knight Road opened for public
use Monday following repairs to a nearly impassable section
reportedly caused by the weight of heavy trucks and other
construction equipment.
The repair bill was paid by Parker Excavating of New Concord, which
owns a garage on the roadway, as part of a deal with Calloway County
Fiscal Court. Calloway County Judge-Executive Larry Elkins said
legal action against the company was on the table, but was belayed
under an ongoing agreement that the company would maintain the
roadway for public use in the future.
“There's no legal action involved at this time,” Elkins said. “We
had a duty to protect the taxpayers, and by the same token we were
looking for a way to resolve it without having to file suit against
one of our businesses. So we've reached a reasonable solution if
they continue to do what we've agreed on.”
Robert D. Hill, a spokesman for the company, declined comment in
response to a call from the Murray Ledger & Times Monday afternoon.
He referred any further information to county officials.
The most heavily-damaged section of the roadway, near an
intersection with Van Cleave Road, has been leveled and covered with
gravel and dirt. It has also been fitted with netting designed to
prevent moisture damage and further deterioration.
Elkins said previously that local residents had complained they were
no longer able to use the roadway and were forced to use the western
entrance that connects to Ky. 94 East.
However other sections of the road, though passable in a passenger
vehicle, remain in need of repair and could continue to deteriorate
from the weight of heavy trucks, graders, tractor-trailers and other
construction equipment traversing the area regularly as part of the
company's business.
County Magistrates Connie Morgan and Eddie Clyde Hale, whose
districts meet at Knight Road, worked with Parker officials on the
arrangement.
“They told us, or in essence we told them, that they were going to
have to fix what they've torn up,” Morgan said. “As it gets bad
where they are traveling, they're going to have to repair it at
their own expense.”
Morgan said company officials told him that the expense would be too
great to repair the entire quarter mile of roadway all at once.
“I can understand that. Maybe they don't have the money to jump in
there and do it all at once, but if they will just keep it in good
enough shape that the general public can get up and down it, we can
live with that,” Morgan said. “Taxpayers don't want their money
thrown into a hole out there that those guys have tore up.”
Courtesy: Murray Ledger and Times
|
