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2025 June 28 – RCUT Improvements to Begin, Impacting Traffic

The work on RCUT intersections along Richmond Road is set to hit full stride this week. “Construction starts Thursday and Friday, June 26-27, when contractors will survey, install traffic control and restripe Richmond Road and Athens-Boonesboro Road to shift lanes over so crews can work alongside the highway. Motorists should expect traffic impacts…” You can […]

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2025 June – RCUT Contract Awarded

Subject: Richmond Road & Athens-Boonesboro RCUT Project Update Neighbors: We have an important update on the upcoming Richmond Road and Athens-Boonesboro Road RCUT Corridor Project. After months of planning and public engagement, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has officially awarded the construction contract to ATS Construction — the same contractor currently working on I-75/I-64 between

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2025 May 13 – 3PM City Council work session – neighbors encouraged to attend

Neighbors: I received a comprehensive email on May 12, 2025, from Walt Gaffield, president of the Fayette County Neighborhood Council. I’ve taken the liberty to summarize it here for your review. Addison Hosea, President, ELNA +++ Council to Discuss Development Plans: The Urban County Council will have a work session on Tuesday, May 13th at

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2025 April 1 – Summary of Ky Legislative Session affecting neighborhoods

APRIL 1, 2025 KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OUTCOMES FOR NEIGHBORHOODS Dear Neighbors, I am writing today to outline some of the bills that passed and some that did not that are of concern to neighborhoods. I want to thank those of you who engaged the Kentucky General Assembly on neighborhood issues. 1. Senate Bill 61 initially

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2025 May 6 – Council meetings that affect neighborhoods

East Lake Neighbors: Please note the concerns expressed in the FCNC email below.If future development in Lexington is a concern to you, be a part of the process. Email contacttheboard@elnalex.org with your questions. Addison Hosea, President, ELNA +++ Dear Neighbors, The Urban County Council will be having two meetings on Tuesday afternoon, May 6, that

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2025 Feb 15 – Summary of Presentation on RCUT Project

Mike Vaughn, Traffic Safety Branch Manager of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, gave an excellent presentation on the upcoming 2025 changes to the Richmond Road corridor. Here are my summary points, admittedly incomplete. See previous posts for more detailed information and links to official state pages, including https://richmondroadimprovements.com/. (As of this posting, some of the virtual

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2025 February 15, 10AM – Meeting on RCUT progress on Richmond Road

Updated: The public is welcome to join the ELNA on February 15, 2025, at 10am, at Morningpointe East (150 Shoreside Drive) for a presentation by Mike Vaughn, Traffic Safety Branch Manager of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The Herald Leader wrote a story on the upcoming changes on February 7, 2025. In spring 2025, the Richmond

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