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Three Options Considered for “Heartland Parkway”
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet recently presented three options for the so-called Heartland Parkway in central Kentucky between Columbia and Springfield.
- Option 1 would construct a new interstate-like highway between the Cumberland Parkway and Blue Grass Parkway. The new highway would follow a corridor roughly two miles to the west of KY 55/US 68/KY 555.
- Option 2 would widen the existing KY 55/US 68/KY 555 route to four lanes.
- Option 3 would keep the current KY 55/US 68/KY 555 route at two lanes, but add passing lanes every three miles.
Area residents expressed a wide variety of opinions about the three options at the recent public meetings.
More information: Lebanon Enterprise: Opinions vary about Heartland Parkway options (August 19, 2004) ![[Outside Link]](../images/kentuckyroads/outside-link2.gif){kind=small}