Clays Mill Road construction

Whatever happened to the Clays Mill Road widening? I thought it was to start in 2006.

Clays Mill Road has produced much public discussion over very many years involving the city, the state and the neighborhood. Finally, the money is in place, the design is complete and construction will begin soon. Max Conyers, transportation planning manager [...]

Double red lights on Nicholasville Road

As discussed by wife and I: New lights have been installed on Nicholasville Rd. at both New Circle and at Man-O-War. They have a single green light below a single yellow light below two side-by-side red lights. The red lights are both solid red and these lighting devices appear [...]

Man o’ War development

Melissa Nipper, on December 10th, 2007 at 4:09 pm Said:
As I travel down Man o’ War Boulevard from Tates Creek Road toward Nicholasville Road, I notice they are moving dirt, staking out land and perhaps getting ready to put in infrastructure on the left (just past Waterford/Clearwater Way). What is planned for this [...]

Highest point in Lexington

Where is the highest point of elevation in Fayette County? I was told once that it was near winchester and New Circle Roads. The view from the overpass is awesome.
In the 1979 Kentucky Geological Survey publication Topography of Kentucky, by Preston McGrain and James C. Currens, the highest elevation in Fayette County is listed as [...]

resumé or résumé

I have noticed that the H-L is now using the very trendy double diacritical marks for the spelling of resumé or résumé. It seems to me, that if you use the French spelling of the word, with two accents ague, you should pronounce it (ray zoo may) and not (rez oo may). [...]

Funky building at 260 W. Vine

What’s the story about the odd-looking new building on the southeast
corner of Vine and Mill?
The building houses the U.S. Attorney’s office. It was built by JDL Lexington, a real estate company based in Winston-Salem, NC. They lease the building to the federal government. As to its “odd-looking” appearance, David Shannon of JDL, said the building [...]

Good fences make good neighbors

It’s the time of year where trees and leaves may cause neighbors to detest other neighbors. I have some tree and leaf questions:
 

A neighbor complains because leaves blow from a tree in my yard into their yard. Do I have any legal responsibility for where falling leaves finally settle?
A neighbor complains because a tree that [...]

What about that weird pole

Question: As you head down Alumni road before you get to Chinoe Road there’s three strange looking wooden poles on the right side of the road in either the shape of a football goal or a mathematical Pi symbol.  There’s two poles standing about twenty feet apart vertically with a horizontal pole across the top. What is this? [...]

Officer Don

Tell us about Officer Don. Does he really fly and make reports from the sky or is he sitting somewhere and viewing traffic cameras? I used to see the traffic aircraft but I don’t any more. What is the story?
 
Officer Don is still flying.
From the Herald-Leader archives
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER
DATE: Wednesday, November 12, 2003
page [...]

Who maintains private fire hydrants?

Question: Who is responsible for maintaining private fire hydrants and can firefighters use them to fight fires?
Answer: Lexington fire Captain Bill Woodward had the answeres to your questions:
1) How many private fire hydrants are there in Lexington? A count was just completed and there are 1,100 total private hydrants now in the city.
2) What color are these [...]