Christian Fiscal Court heard recommendations on a secondary road plan at their Tuesday meeting, and heard an update on flood recovery efforts in the county.Â
Christian County Emergency Management Director Randy Graham says while flood waters are receding across the county, several roads do remain covered by water, especially in the Oak Grove area and other portions of southern Christian County. He says they’ve started trying to pump water out of Derby Park area of Oak Grove, but it’s slow going.
He says they’re still documenting damage to this day, but as of Tuesday morning, he can report that roughly 200 structures sustained some type of flooding damage in the event that took place in the first week of April.Â
Magistrate Josh Turner once again impressed the importance of not driving through flooded roadways, saying he received word that a truck was trapped in water as recently as that morning.
Charlotte Cotton, an engineer with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, gave their recommendation for the Secondary Road Plan, which is the plan that determines what secondary road repairs will be budgeted for the upcoming cycle. The budget this time around includes $1.4 million, with $439,000 of that dedicated to Flex Funds. Cotton explained that Fiscal Court can choose how that would be spent, and she described her recommendations.
Magistrates opted to send those recommendations to the Road Committee for consideration of the best option, and the court will then vote on the committee’s recommendation at a later date.
In other action, magistrate approved first-reading of an ordinance that would consolidate Alcohol Beverage Control regulations to better align with the City of Hopkinsville’s ordinances when it comes to alcohol sales on Sundays.