Paving Season Starts April 1

Keep Work Zone Safety in Mind

The coming of April will bring a variety of markings on the roads in spring colors--red, yellow, orange, blue and green--as paving season gets underway. Those color coded markings on sidewalks and roadways will be the first visible sign of most paving work. Red will mark the location of electrical lines, yellow will mark gas lines, orange for communication lines, blue for water, and green for sewer lines.

Then will come prep work such as curb replacements followed by removal of old pavement or cutting edges into pavement that will be paved over. Finally the main paving gets done, followed by new striping and other road markings.

Pavement season is an additional reason to be aware of what to do when traveling through work zones. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet recorded 791 crashes in highway construction and maintenance work zones last year. Three people died and 173 were injured. Here's a list of work zone safety tips aimed at driving those numbers down:

1. Put away cellphones and other distractions
2. Slow down
3. Don't tailgate
4. Maintain a safe distance from workers and equipment
5. Expect the unexpected
6. Obey road crew flag signals
7. Allow more travel time if your route includes a work zone
8. Be patient

Poplar Lane Project to Begin April 6 expected start date Relief is on the way for motorists who drive through a sharply curved section of Poplar Lane. The radius of the curve, half a mile east of English Station Road, will be softened, making it easier to navigate, in a project set to get underway on April 6. There will also be drainage improvements. The project is expected to be completed in eight to ten weeks at a cost of $357,400 in Rural Secondary Development Program funds.

Litter Basket Contents to be Recycled

You don’t have to take that plastic bottle home to be recycled anymore. Almost all of the litter baskets in the Urban Services District, beginning April 6, 2015 will be taken to a recycling center. We've determined that almost everything that gets put in them can be recycled. Our Solid Waste Division and QRS Recycling will divert the material from the landfill so it can be turned into new products. Citizens may continue dropping in all the things they have in the past. We'll handle the sorting. For the time being, the black cans with the mushroom shaped caps will not go to recycling, but we expect to be able to add them by the end of the year. Submitted by Angela Kessans

Junk Pickup is in Area E Week of March 30

To receive automatic reminders of junk pickup dates, enter your address at http://louisvilleky.gov/city-services/mylouisville and follow the prompts.

Junk must be set out near the normal garbage collection point, but sufficiently separated so that junk items are easily distinguishable from regular garbage. Items must be set out no later than 6 AM on Monday of your collection week - no earlier than 4 PM on the Friday before your collection week.