Wayne County is slated to receive $52 million under the state road budget passed by the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on March 17, according to Representative Ken Upchurch.
"I am extremely pleased to share this news and glad that we were
able to include these vital projects in the road budget," Upchurch
said. "As Chair of the House Transpor-tation Committee, I can tell
you that every dollar we spend on roads and infrastructure is an
investment in the quality of life of our communities. So much depends
on the quality of our roads and they have a great impact on our
economic development efforts."
Projects in the community include:
• Major widening of KY 90 between the intersection at the Don
Franklin Dealership and the gap of the ridge.
• Improving safety by relocating a portion of KY 92 in downtown
Monti-cello to connect Columbia and Michigan avenues without moving
the Doughboy Statue.
• Continue preliminary engineering and environmental corridor study
for improving safety and making KY 92 a scenic route from Monticello
to Stearns. This will impact both Wayne and McCreary counties.
In addition to road projects in Wayne County, Upchurch also played a
role in getting funding for major widening of KY 90 at the Wayne and
Pulaski County line and continuing to the KY 90 bridge at Burnside.
Kentucky state road funds are raised through the motor fuels tax
(commonly called the gas tax), motor vehicle usage tax, vehicle and
boat registration, motor vehicle operator's licenses, tolls, and
interest.
nce of test kits, we are preparing to be able to do mass testing," he
continued. "…Even the people in that church…that were exposed, we're
not recommending yet that they be tested until they're symptomatic or
unless they were in extremely close contact with this confirmed case.
"We're being very judicious with the testing we have," Crabtree
noted. "We want to make sure we have it available for when people do
have the disease, so we can correctly identify and get them the right
treatment. We don't want to run out of tests."
The health department, as best as possible, is also trying to alert
individuals who would have had close contact with the church
congregants as well.
"You can see how quickly this spider webs out," Crabtree said,
adding that budget cuts over recent years have left local health
departments at roughly half the capacity they had just five years
ago. "It makes it very difficult to mount a significant public health
response."
Unlike other viruses that are only contagious when the person is
experiencing symptoms, COVID-19 can be spread even when the carrier
is asymptomatic. That paired with the virus being new to the human species, Crabtree said, is what makes it potentially dangerous.
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.