Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Pike County Mountaintop Development Funding Approved
- {Kentucky}...Pike County Judge-Executive Wayne Rutherford received a call Monday afternoon that will bring a mountaintop development plan that has been in the works for years. With approved funding for mountain top development along U.S. 460, officials can proceed with a plan to create hundreds of acres of land for development. Rutherford says, after years of not having any place for the development, it looks like they're going to have over 2,000 acres. Former Kentucky Governor Paul Patton says it's a great development for all of eastern Kentucky and Appalachia. Officials say this project will attract businesses, create jobs and provide housing giving folks an opportunity to move out of the flood plain. The Beshear administration set aside 300,000 dollars for the project. The locations involved include Wolfpit, Jessie Branch, John Moore Branch, Stone Coal, and Wolfpen.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:55 PM 
