As work is set to begin early next month at the intersection of Lafayette Road and Lovers Lane, State Representative Myron Dossett is speaking on the construction and why it’s happening now.
It is certainly not the most convenient time for major construction to be happening at that intersection, as the school year is set to begin on August 19, which is also when students will begin attending the new Christian County High School at the other end of Lovers’ Lane.
The project includes improving both grading and elevation of Lafayette Road at the intersection of Lovers Lane, along with adding turning lanes at that intersection. The hope is to improve sight lines and improve overall safety of motorists traveling in that area.
Crews will begin installing detour and traffic control signage the week of August 3, with a full road closure expected to begin at the intersection on August 10.
Speaking with WHOP Monday, Representative Dossett says this work was supposed to have started long before it would be a problem for school traffic, but thanks to what he calls a mess up from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, it was delayed.
Dossett says it’s going to be a hardship on those who use that route to get from the southern end of the county to Hopkinsville, and especially with school traffic, but it will be worth it in the long run to have a safer roadway.Â
Then the second phase of the project is expected to begin in March of 2027, with officials saying that stretch of road will be closed through at least September of 2027 while the new roadway is constructed.
Representative Dossett says he wants to set the record straight regarding the governor’s action to address ‘shortfalls’ in funding for Medicaid and other programs. Dossett contends that the Kentucky General Assembly budgeted the money for these items in the Executive Budget, the governor just needed to allocate it appropriately, which he has now done.
The governor’s office has said the influx of state funds was made available through an unbudgeted $476 million budget surplus and an ‘unexpected amount’ of corporate income tax payments, which were over $350 million.
The governor announced that he will apply $255 million to Medicaid, an additional $4 million to the senior meals program for the 2027 fiscal year, depositing over $400 million of the unexpected revenue to state’s Budget Reserve Trust Fund.