The maintenance project on Mary Ingles Highway, also known locally as Route 8, is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Aug. 9, weather permitting.
Crews will address slide concerns by installing multiple soil nail walls. The road remains closed to through traffic. Local traffic will be maintained during the project.
Crews will work on the culverts, milling/paving, and adding the guardrail portion of the project in spring 2024. The project is expected to be completed in late June 2024.
Plans to reopen Route 8 were announced by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on July 8.
The transportation cabinet closed the damaged section of the roadway to through traffic in 2019 due to a landslide. The planned maintenance repair project will stabilize the road and allow it to be maintained safely at a fraction of what it would cost for reconstruction, according to the cabinet.
