UPDATE: Blockage of Fairview Drive North in Owensboro Planned
Fairview Drive is now open
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (July 18, 2024)– Work to remove a retaining wall at the corner of Fairview Drive North and KY 54 in Owensboro has been completed and the roadway is now reopened.
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Original release
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (June 28, 2024) – As the highway improvement project to widen KY 54 in Owensboro from four to six lanes moves forward, a contractor working for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet continues locating and moving utilities in the path of the expanding roadway. This will require the temporary closure of county-maintained Fairview Drive North during much of July.
Beginning on Monday, July 8, the contractor will block the entrance to Fairview Drive North off of KY 54 to remove a retaining wall within the state right-of-way. The wall's removal is necessary to allow utilities on the north side of KY 54 to be relocated.
The closure will only include the section of Fairview Drive between KY 54 and the entrance to CVS Pharmacy. The remainder of the road will remain open.
This blockage is expected to last up to three weeks.
There will not be a marked detour, but motorists can access the area by either using the Walmart entrance to Mount Mariah Avenue or by taking Hayden Road and Calumet Trace.
This is one of the final steps before Phase One of the highway project can begin. During that phase, while all lanes of KY 54 will remain open, a 10-foot lane restriction will be put in place. Eastbound lanes will be shifted to allow construction on the south side of the roadway to begin.
A Phase One lane shift date is expected to be announced within the next two weeks.
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