June 2, 2016
Construction work should fix the slippage problem to well traveled road
TORCHLIGHT, Ky. — For some time now, residents that reside or use Torchlight road have made complaints about the condition of their road. There is no exact number of how many people who live along the road, just off Rt. 23 up the hill where Hylton Taxidermy was once located, but it is safe to say dozens at least.
Daisy Vanhoose, an elderly lady who lives in the last house at the end of the road for one is mighty glad county workers finally got the road fixed.
“This is the only way in or out of this place and it keeps slipping off over the hill every time they bring gravel,” Ms. Vanhoose said. “This is what it needed all the time and we’re really thankful it is done and we can feel safer.”
She said she has to go to doctor’s appointments at least once per month and the person who drives her told her last week that the road would not be passable too much longer, she said.
After two recent attempts in placing gravel in the slip, County workers feel as if it is finally finished with the work the construction company has done today.
E & E Construction, Inc. out of Prestonsburg has worked on the road at Torchlight all day, and company officials decided that the solution was to knock down part of the cliff on the opposite side of the 6 foot slip and widen the road, also filling in the large slip.
Lawrence Fiscal Court had approved funding for the job months ago but the work has been delayed by rainy weather.
An attempt was made to speak with County Road Foreman Michael Compton, but he had just left the job site and wasn’t in the office.
Judge/Executive John Osborne said he is glad the road finally got fixed. “This has been approved for quite a while and I’m glad they finally got it done,” Osborne said. “There’s a lot of people who use this road every day.”
