Trigg County magistrates put a final resolution to bed Monday night, unanimously approving a section of U.S. Hwy. 68/80 be changed from 55 MPH to 65 MPH.
The stretch of road is one that’s been in question since spring 2021, going from the Cadiz Business District intersection immediately west of the city limits to the Henry Lawrence Bridge in Canton.
It falls within the uniformity and consistency of US 68/80, which in many stretches from Mayfield to Bowling Green maintains more expedient travel.
Furthermore, magistrates held little, if any, more discussion about the Bypass between the two Cadiz entrances. With so many side entrances and intersections, including Hwy. 139 N/S, available between, local leadership believed it should remain 55 MPH — despite the four-lane.
This measure will now be sent to Frankfort, in care for and upon the final review of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
In other fiscal court news:
— Magistrate Mike Wright applauded the “relentless spraying” of mosquitoes by the efforts of leaders Public Works Director Craig Oakley and Trigg County Emergency Management Director David Bryant. Recent heavy rainfalls, of course, have brought forth another lively wave of the infectious pest.
— Judge-Executive Stan Humphries noted the fiscal court will meet with the Trigg County Parks & Recreation Committee, beginning at 9:30 AM July 10. The goal, he said, is to address a bevy of unnamed concerns at the Trigg County Recreation Complex.
— Ken Culwell was re-appointed to the Cadiz-Trigg County Planning & Zoning Commission, on what will be a four-year term that expires June 1, 2027.
— County Clerk Carmen Finley gave a short summation of the ongoings surrounding the reapportionment of Trigg County’s magisterial districts, noting that with seven magistrates, the limits of each evenly had to be roughly between 1,900 and 2,100 persons per district. A final decision must be approved by the court body, but also won’t come until a final draft is presented August.
More will be shared on this topic later this week.
