Three downtown street closures will occur next week in preparation for improvements at CSX railroad crossings, city officials announced.
Beginning at 5 a.m. Monday and continuing until the work is completed Tuesday, East Ninth will be closed at the rail crossing between the old depot and Whistle Stop Donuts. Traffic will be detoured to Campbell, Seventh, Clay and Liberty streets. (See map.)
Additional street closures at rail crossings are planned Tuesday and Wednesday on East Fourth and on Wednesday and Thursday on East First.
“The closure is needed to prepare for repairs and improvements to various street crossings along the rail line starting in mid-August,” a city spokeswoman said in a news release.
(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
