It’s easy to forget, but our 300 miles of county roads are equal to the driving distance from Owenton to Chicago, Detroit or Chattanooga.
Keeping that enormous length of roads passable under very challenging conditions is a noteworthy achievement.
As the snow begins to melt and the storms of the last month fade into memory, let’s remember to send a note of appreciation to hard-working road crews and administrators.
With limited resources they worked day after day and night after night, their trucks making a repeated and reassuring rumble.