The Kenton County Schools Board of Education has approved a $58,387 bid from M&M Service Station Specialists to remove two large underground fuel tanks on a Dudley Road property near R.C. Hinsdale Elementary.
The bid was accepted as part of the consent agenda at Monday’s meeting of the Kenton County Board of Education. The project is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2025.
The tanks are part of an old gas station, which the district purchased with the intent of expanding the parking at R.C. Hinsdale. The expansion will eventually allow for the so-called stacking of cars, generally referring to quickly getting as many cars as possible off the main road onto the campus to reduce traffic and safety problems along the intersection turning into the school.
Additionally, the City of Edgewood has plans to realign Dudley Road, Charter Oak Road and Tupman Drive, the latter of which leads into the school, into a more conventional four-way intersection. The tank removals will allow the work to take place. Timelines for the road construction slated to occur after the tank removals were not discussed at Monday’s meeting.