DESPITE SEVERAL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES, OFFICIALS SAY MANY MOTORISTS ARE VIOLATING THE WIDTH RESTRICTIONS ON THE LAKE BARKLEY BRIDGE IN CANTON.

            THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED NUMEROUS ADVISORIES AND POSTED SIGNAGE NOTIFYING MOTORISTS THERE IS A 7 AND A HALF FEET WIDTH RESTRICTION FOR ANYONE CROSSING THE BRIDGE ON U.S. 68 IN TRIGG COUNTY WHILE REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY.      

            TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN KEITH TODD SAYS TRACTOR TRAILERS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND OTHER VEHICLES PULLING TRAILERS HAVE DISREGARDED THOSE LAWS, PLACING WORKERS IN DANGER FOR THEIR LIVES.

            TODD SAYS THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED POLICE TO STEP UP ENFORCEMENT IN THAT AREA AND ANYONE VIOLATING THE LAW NOW IS IN EVEN GREATER DANGER OF FACING CITATIONS OR WORSE.

            THE WORK PLATFORM REQUIRED FOR THE JOB HAS BEEN HIT AT LEAST SIX TIMES, ACCORDING TO TODD, WHO SAYS THE JOB WILL TAKE LONGER TO COMPLETE IF MOTORISTS DON’T OBEY THE RESTRICTION.

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