FLOYD COUNTY (KYTC) – Monday, October 29, 2018 – Work might begin tomorrow, if not tomorrow, then Wednesday, to fix an embankment failure on KY 3385 in Floyd County. D12’s drilling contractor, Kingcrete, will have to close the road at the work site in order to fix the break. The drilling rig takes up the entire roadway.
Work will start about 8:30 a.m. either tomorrow or Wednesday. “We will accommodate after school traffic around 3:00 p.m.,” said Matt Moore, Section Engineer for Highway District 12. “Emergency vehicles will be accommodated when they are on an emergency run. However, people need to understand that for the most part the road will be closed to all traffic after 8:30 in the morning until about 4:30 in the afternoon.”
Moore said this break was inspected shortly after the most recent heavy rains a few weeks ago, when it seemed to be somewhat worse. He compiled an estimate to fix the break at this site and three others (not on KY 3385; three other roads in Floyd County). These estimates were submitted to the Transportation Cabinet’s Department for Rural and Municipal Aid in Frankfort for emergency funding.
Work to fix the break should take two or three days, depending on weather. “We anticipate that the break will be fixed before the end of the week,” Moore said. “We obviously can’t control the weather, but once the contractor gets started, if we can keep the road closed long enough to drill the required railroad steel, it shouldn’t take very long to finish up.”