Paving on KY 402/Aurora Hwy in Marshall County Starting Tuesday, Sept 6

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

 

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet • District 1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Keith Todd
270-898-2431 (office)
270-210-8009 (cell)
Keith.Todd@ky.gov

Paving on KY 402/Aurora Hwy in Southeastern Marshall County Starting Tuesday, Sept 6

Project to take about 10 days to complete

PADUCAH, Ky. (Sept. 3, 2022)  A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans milling and paving along a section of KY 402/Aurora Highway in southeastern Marshall County starting Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

This milling and asphalt paving project along KY 402/Aurora Highway runs from mile point 9.978 at the East Fork Clarks River Bridge, extending eastward to the U.S. 68 intersection in Aurora at mile point 16.859, a distance of 6.88 miles.

Motorists should be alert for one-lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers.  Some delays are possible during the movement and placement of equipment to facilitate the work.

Appropriate caution is required where equipment, flaggers, and paving personnel are along the roadway in close proximity to traffic flow.

The work is expected to take about ten days to complete, weather permitting.

Jim Smith Contracting of Grand Rivers is the prime contractor on this $789,211 highway improvement project.  The target completion date is September 21, 2022.

Approximately 1,500 vehicles travel this section of KY 408/Aurora Highway in an average day.

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