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LBL Starting 'Minimum Road Project'; Evaluating Future of 65 Miles of Roadway

Land Between the Lakes
Land Between the Lakes

Land Between the Lakes officials are working to whittle down some of the national recreation area’s more than 470 miles of roadway. LBL Area Supervisor Tina Tilley says the U.S Forest Service’s 'minimum road system' program started in 2010 to ensure sustainability of the road system.

“Do we have more roads out there than what we need there potentially causing resource impact because they’re not being fully maintained,” said Tilley. “And with the economy the way that it is would our dollars be better spent somewhere else.”

Tilley says officials will evaluate about 65 miles of roadway. She says any road which accesses a cemetery or is maintained by the state of Kentucky or Tennessee won’t be changed. Tilley says a series of three public meetings will help in the decision making process.

“I’ll have a better idea of how the public is utilizing the area and that way we can lessen the impact to the general public,” said Tilley.

Meetings will be held at 5:30pm in the following gateway communities:

·         Tuesday, July 16, at Lake Barkley State Resort Park Convention Center,

3500 State Park Road, Cadiz, KY

·         Friday, July 26, at Stewart County Visitor Center,

117 Visitor Center Lane, Dover, TN

·         Tuesday, July 30, at Grand Rivers Senior/Community Center,

155 W. Cumberland Avenue, Grand Rivers, KY

Before any decisions are made in the future, the public will be asked for additional comments.

Chad Lampe, a Poplar Bluff, Missouri native, was raised on radio. He credits his father, a broadcast engineer, for his technical knowledge, and his mother for the gift of gab. At ten years old he broke all bonds of the FCC and built his own one watt pirate radio station. His childhood afternoons were spent playing music and interviewing classmates for all his friends to hear. At fourteen he began working for the local radio stations, until he graduated high school. He earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Murray State, and a Masters Degree in Mass Communication. In November, 2011, Chad was named Station Manager in 2016.
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