KENTUCKY STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES ARE CONTINUINGTO PLAN FOR TRAFFIC SURGES EXPECTED DURING AND AFTER THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE THAT
WILL MOVE ACROSS 13 STATES NEXT MONDAY…..APRL EIGHTH…..
THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BRING AT LEAST 150-THOUSAND VISITORS TO THE PATH WHERE IT CROSSES SEVERAL WESTERN KENTUNCY COUNTIS….WITH MORE
THAN ONE-MILLION TRAVELERS PREDICTED TO DRIVE THROUGH THE COMMONWELATH TO NEARBY VIEWING SPOTS ALONG THE MAIN PATTH IN
ILLINOIS….INDIANA…. AND OHIO….
HEAVIER THAN NORMAL TRAFFIC COULD OCCURE THIS WEEK….. WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC RUSH EXPECTED AFTER THE ECLIPSE ENDS….ESPECIALLY
ALONG KENTUCKY’S NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS AS ECLIPSE WATCHERS HEAD HOME……