A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has started the first step of a multi-step process for microsurfacing along extended section of KY 121 through Graves County and Carlisle County starting Monday, July 30, 2018.
This microsurfacing project runs along KY 121 from milepoint 5.570 at the Kess Creek …Bridge near the KY 80 intersection in Mayfield extending northward along KY 121 through Graves County and Carlisle County to the Carlisle-Ballard County Line at Carlisle County milepoint 9.714, a distance of about 27 miles. A few sections of KY 121 along the project area with newer pavement are excluded from the work.
This is the same extended section of KY 121 where the contractor has completed crack sealing work and pavement base repairs in recent months.
This week the contractor plans to start the first round of scrub seal microsurfacing along KY 121 at the Ballard-Carlisle County, then work southward through Carlisle County on into Graves County to the KY 80/KY 121 intersection south of Mayfield. This entire process will take several weeks with each section of roadway getting several treatments.
Message board have been placed along this extended work zone to alert motorists that during some of the phases they will encounter fine loose gravel along the roadway. Appropriate caution is required. After allowing the various phases of coating process to cure, the contractor will come back with a final cape seal that will provide a driving surface similar to regular asphalt pavement.
This microsurfacing project is part of a statewide effort to extend pavement life. The multi-phase microsurfacing process is an industrial strength enhanced version of the seal coating used on some driveways.
Motorists traveling this extended section of KY 121 around Mayfield through northern Graves County and all of Carlisle County should be alert for a short sections of one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers. This microsurfacing operation will continue during daylight hours for about the next 2 to 3 weeks anytime weather allows. Appropriate caution is required where equipment, flaggers, and contractor personnel are along the roadway in close proximity to traffic flow.