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City, county, and state leaders held a press conference to celebrate the next phase of the six-lane interstate expansion for I-75, a spot that’s been known to be a bit of an obstacle for travelers. Senator Brandon Storm was one of the keynote speakers.
“There’s a bottleneck when you go south and get down to the end of the four-lane, and it’s really dangerous. There’s been a lot of collisions there, and we’re all about safety and trying to do good things for our communities. I just think it’s going to really help improve that issue,” Storm said.
The bottleneck topic is something Laurel County Judge Executive David Westerfield echoed, with him getting a lot of calls from residents about it. On top of that, this widening project between Whitley and Laurel counties will connect the rest of the six-lane expansion to the Tennessee border, and from start to finish, county leaders like Westerfield said it’s great for hotels, restaurants, and all kinds of tourism.
“I get calls weekly about the bottleneck at I-75. This is going to eliminate that, and we’re just so excited that people are going to want to come here now and know that travel is going to be much easier for them,” Westerfield said.
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Like all construction projects, it will involve workers with boots on the ground, something for drivers to watch for. Laurel County Sheriff John Root said speeding through these work zones will be strictly enforced.
“We’ll be patrolling that area heavily, and the fines are doubled. If you’re speeding in a work zone, you’re going to get a ticket, because these families, these guys out here, work in making this happen. They have families at home, and they’re out there doing a job. At the end of the day, they’re just like us. They want to get home,” Root said.
The plan is to have work on the project start on Wednesday.
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