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Vol. 114, No. ??	Month DAY, 2007

Campbell Hill Road residents could see progress, but date in limbo

By LARRY SEE JR.
Messenger Staff

Thanks to urgings and a letter-writing campaign waged by State Rep. Jeff Greer, improvements to what is allegedly a dangerous stretch of Campbell Hill Road are forthcoming.

But a date hasn’t been given to Rep. Greer.

“I’ve been working on this since March,” Rep. Greer said. “This is one of the first things I took on when I was elected as a state representative.”

Greer’s constituent, Dorothy Hardesty, has expressed concerns with the progress, especially since the road, located in the Payneville/Rhodelia area, has had a lot of wrecks along a dangerous hill.

“There are no guardrails there,” Hardesty said.

Greer contacted district four engineer Patty Dunaway late Tuesday afternoon. She said the road has been scheduled to be inspected by the department’s GeoTechnical Division to ensure the road core can handle the necessary improvements.

“The problem is she said there is no date she can give me as to when they’ll be there,” Greer said. “All I know is that we’re on the list.”

Greer, along with state Sen. Carroll Gibson, have personally visited the road. Greer also wrote letters to Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert seeking improvements, copying Gibson on the correspondence.

“I am also trying to push hard for the bridge over there,” Greer said, adding he wants to see it widened.

“Right now it’s not wide enough for a school bus or a commercial truck to even pass. It’s hard for the two of them to pass by each other,” he said. “I have been pushing hard for this.”

Greer understands Hardesty’s frustrations and predicted he would be doing the same thing, if he lived there.

“I just wish I could get the road repaired,” Greer said.

County highway road superintendent Willis Bosley, stationed at the Brandenburg garage, said there was an inspector from Elizabethtown along the road recently.

He also predicted it would cost about $175,000 to replace the bridge, adding there was a lot of rock to be moved to make the approach safer.

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