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Why New Kentucky Roads Take Years

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Published September 29, 2011 at 10:54 AM EDT
After legislative approval, it took more than 14 years to complete a project to reroute and improve a 6.6-mile section U.S. 68 in Jessamine County that had a high number of accidents.
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After legislative approval, it took more than 14 years to complete a project to reroute and improve a 6.6-mile section U.S. 68 in Jessamine County that had a high number of accidents.

U.S. 68 in Jessamine County in the mid-1990s was a narrow, winding two-lane that 15,000 vehicles traversed daily, with more than its share of accidents. In response to area residents’ complaints, state transportation officials and legislators recommended and authorized replacing the worst section with 6.6 miles of modern, safer four-lane.

 
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