A $1.8 million project on US-27 at the I-471 interchange near the Southgate/Fort Thomas limits will begin on April 1. The District 6 Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced that crews will begin next week replacing the original concrete with asphalt. Voted Best Yoga Studio in Kentucky by Best Things Kentucky. Located at 18 N. Fort Thomas […]
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Campbell County Road Maintenance Will Affect Busy Intersection For Months
Campbell County motorists at a busy intersection are going to have to deal with maintenance and resurfacing issues over the next few months. Hassman and Doyle Lawfirm. 859-655-4430. This is an advertisement. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said that a base failure and resurfacing project on US 27 is scheduled to begin Friday, September 29. Work […]
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Bob Yeager named Chief District Engineer for District 6
Bob Yeager and Patty Dunaway. Fort Thomas resident, Bob Yeager, was named Chief District Engineer (CDE) for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 6 office in Covington today. Since October, Yeager has served in the acting CDE capacity after the retirement of former CDE Rob Hans. Bob Yeager began his career with the Kentucky Transportation […]
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Bob Yeager named Acting Chief District Engineer for District 6
Rob Hans, Chief District Engineer for the Kentucky Dept. of Transportation, will retire. Bob Yeager was named Acting Chief District Engineer (CDE) for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 6 office in Covington yesterday. Yeager replaces Rob Hans who is retiring as the CDE effective October 1, 2016. After many years of service with the […]
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The Future of Route 8 (KY-8) Under Study by State Officials
This stretch of road on KY-8 was suspected to have been the cause of a fatality in 2015. FTM file. By Jennifer Summer At the May 16, 2016 Fort Thomas City Council meeting discussion took place regarding several projects that will effect the travel of Fort Thomas residents. While some of the projects will be […]
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Memorial Parkway Bridge Project To Close for 60 Days
Project to begin May 11, sidewalks will also be added The Memorial Parkway Bridge over 471. FTM file. A bridge restoration project on the KY 1120 (Memorial Parkway) that crosses over I-471 is scheduled to begin Wednesday, May 11. The project calls for the bridge to be closed to traffic and pedestrians for a 60-day […]
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US 27 pavement repairs to begin April 18
$1 million project to start in Highland Heights Spring is here and so is the beginning of the road construction season. Construction crews will begin work on the U.S. 27 pavement repair project in Highland Heights starting April 18. “The section from Ripple Creek Road extending north to the intersection of I-471 and Sunset […]
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Tips for driving in snow and ice
Memorial Parkway. JD submitted. FTM file. The snow came fast and furious yesterday afternoon dumping several inches in the Northern Kentucky area. D 6 Snowfighters had a hard time keeping up with intensity. When the snow stopped, crews started making headway. Trucks plowed and salted roads all night which resulted in wet pavements this morning. […]
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Waterworks Road Bridge Immediately Closed
Yesterday, the City of Newport sent a notice that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet informed them that the Waterworks Road bridge would be closed immediately. The City of Fort Thomas, Fort Thomas Schools, residents on Waterworks Road, Newport Schools and Campbell County Emergency Dispatch were notified of the immediate closure. FTM has reached out to the […]
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Could This Fort Thomas Guardrail Cause More Harm than Good?
Does this guardrail along Route 8 actually pose more of a threat than provide safety?/MG When driving down KY Route 8, as it stretches down along the Fort Thomas riverfront, have you ever noticed this guardrail? If you overlooked it completely, it is probably because it might as well not even be there.
