Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Pike County Doing Pilot Program To Enhance Highway Safety.
Pikeville, Ky.— Pike County Judge Executive Wayne T. Rutherford and Pike County District 4 Magistrate Kenneth Robinson recently striped a road in Shelbiana with yellow and white lines in order to improve driving safety along the road.
The striping is part of a pilot program the Fiscal Court is currently conducting in preparation of a bill which could be introduced during the state’s next legislative session. The bill, if passed, would set aside a portion of the money that counties receive from the state to go towards safety improvements, such as road striping. Should this bill go into effect, the Fiscal Court wants to be ready to use the money wisely.
“There are approximately 770 miles of county roads throughout Pike County, and the magistrates and I want people to feel safe along the county’s roads. At present, we are not required by the state to stripe county roads, but we feel that it would definitely improve their safety. If the county were to receive money to pay for the striping of county roads, we would definitely comply. We are trying to figure out in advance which methods of striping county roads would achieve the highest levels of safety, so that if we do receive funding, we can proceed without any delay,” said Pike County Judge/Executive Wayne T. Rutherford.
Rutherford said the county needs to become familiar with road striping, because all of the county’s roadways would be made much safer by the addition of either double yellow lines down the center or single white lines down the edges.
“Our roads are mountainous and follow a lot of creeks and hollows. There is a lot of early morning fog in this area, and in some higher elevations of the county, the fog lasts all day. Placing lines along county roads would make them much safer,” said Rutherford.
“Striping our roads, either with yellow lines or white lines depending on the width of each road, will make our citizens and all who drive along the county’s roads safer,” said Magistrate Robinson.
Pike County Road Commissioner Frank Hatcher agrees. “Hopefully the governor and the state legislators will realize how much the striping of county roads, especially with white lines along the roads’ edges, would improve driving conditions throughout the state, and, consequently, will provide funding for that purpose,” he said.
The road striping in Shelbiana was done by KVWV Traffic Control, Inc. Jeff Holderby, the company’s vice-president of operations, also thinks striping the county’s roads would benefit the safety of Pike County’s citizens.
“(Striping) would help a good deal, not just striping yellow lines, but the white lines, as well. Many of the county’s roads are one lane and travel along the edge of mountains. With white lines drawn around the edge of these roads, it would really help guard against dangerous driving accidents,” Holderby said.
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The striping is part of a pilot program the Fiscal Court is currently conducting in preparation of a bill which could be introduced during the state’s next legislative session. The bill, if passed, would set aside a portion of the money that counties receive from the state to go towards safety improvements, such as road striping. Should this bill go into effect, the Fiscal Court wants to be ready to use the money wisely.
“There are approximately 770 miles of county roads throughout Pike County, and the magistrates and I want people to feel safe along the county’s roads. At present, we are not required by the state to stripe county roads, but we feel that it would definitely improve their safety. If the county were to receive money to pay for the striping of county roads, we would definitely comply. We are trying to figure out in advance which methods of striping county roads would achieve the highest levels of safety, so that if we do receive funding, we can proceed without any delay,” said Pike County Judge/Executive Wayne T. Rutherford.
Rutherford said the county needs to become familiar with road striping, because all of the county’s roadways would be made much safer by the addition of either double yellow lines down the center or single white lines down the edges.
“Our roads are mountainous and follow a lot of creeks and hollows. There is a lot of early morning fog in this area, and in some higher elevations of the county, the fog lasts all day. Placing lines along county roads would make them much safer,” said Rutherford.
“Striping our roads, either with yellow lines or white lines depending on the width of each road, will make our citizens and all who drive along the county’s roads safer,” said Magistrate Robinson.
Pike County Road Commissioner Frank Hatcher agrees. “Hopefully the governor and the state legislators will realize how much the striping of county roads, especially with white lines along the roads’ edges, would improve driving conditions throughout the state, and, consequently, will provide funding for that purpose,” he said.
The road striping in Shelbiana was done by KVWV Traffic Control, Inc. Jeff Holderby, the company’s vice-president of operations, also thinks striping the county’s roads would benefit the safety of Pike County’s citizens.
“(Striping) would help a good deal, not just striping yellow lines, but the white lines, as well. Many of the county’s roads are one lane and travel along the edge of mountains. With white lines drawn around the edge of these roads, it would really help guard against dangerous driving accidents,” Holderby said.
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# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 4:57 PM 
