After a year of waiting, the roadwork on Hwy 62 (Elizabethtown Road) between Leitchfield and Clarkson will resume next week, it was announced at Thursday’s Grayson County Fiscal Court meeting.
Bow Warren, maintenance supervisor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, told magistrates that Scotty’s Contracting & Stone will begin work on the project next week.
Warren noted that the “substantial completion” date of the project, aimed at straightening what is popularly referred to as Bee Hive Curve, is slated for the end of 2023. At that time, Warren said motorists will drive on the new configuration but the road surface will be an asphalt base.
The asphalt work should be completed by spring 2024, Warren said.
No roadwork has been done on the project since June 2022 after mounting lawsuits and burdened by debt up to $100 million, the company originally responsible for the work, Charles DeWeese Construction Inc., filed for bankruptcy on July 1, 2022.
The company was hired in February 2021.
During the nearly yearlong labor shutdown, the transportation cabinet performed temporary seeding and access maintenance to affected land parcels along the construction corridor.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
