The engineering department at the Lincoln Trail Area Development District recently assisted on the completion of an infrastructure project in LaRue County.
According to LTADD, LTADD engineers helped county engineers transform a .94-mile stretch of Wheldon Loop Road using cement stabilization for full-depth reclamation, allowing the county to widen the road to 22 feet to account for heavy industrial and farm vehicle use while keeping it open during construction and minimizing costs by maintaining the existing elevation.
LTADD says the stabilization technique is common on state and federal roadways but is relatively new on the county level. The process allows for “maximum efficiency and cost savings” by utilizing the existing asphalt and undryling base material, mixing the pulverized existing material with cement and water to create a new and improved base layer, and eliminating the high costs associated with hauling in new materials.
LTADD says: “The project, which included widening the lanes and adding two feet of rock shoulder on each side, began in October 2025 and was completed in November 2025. It marked a significant milestone as the first county road in Kentucky where the contractor, Scotty’s Contracting and Stone, implemented the cement stabilization for the FDR process.”
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