There seems to be significant interest in the state's plans to extend Kentucky's Mountain Parkway. Hundreds of people attended a meeting this week to get a glimpse of two proposals.
The state is planning to extend the Mountain Parkway from Salyersville to Prestonsburg. Two options were on display for more than 300 people attending the public meeting in Prestonsburg. One proposal calls for widening the existing corridor while the second option involves building a new road just north of Kentucky 114.
Project Manager Marshall Carrier says either approach would provide a safer, quicker route between Salyersville and Prestonsburg. Preliminary estimates show widening the existing road would impact 231 properties while building a new highway would affect less than one hundred. Still, the new road would be a costlier endeavor. The entire project is estimated to be completed in six to ten years.?
