Botany Hills Safe Streets and Highway Ave Speed Reduction

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Botany Hills + Safe Streets

Improving Highway Avenue

Site

Highway Avenue
Covington, KY

Proposed

October 2019

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Highway Ave (KY 8) travels through the Botany Hills neighborhood connecting Covington with Ludlow, KY. The Botany Hills neighborhood has 668 residential addresses most of which are single family homes, several churches, a preschool, a couple of retail businesses, and an apartment tower for the elderly and disabled.

Since 2005, there have been 504 documented instances of automobile crashes on Highway Ave / KY 8 in West Covington. These collisions have resulted in 92 injuries. Five of those injured were people riding a bike; two were walking. This injury rate is 40% higher than on 3rd Street, which feeds into Highway Avenue. Additionally, the Riverfront Commons Trail expansion is planned to parallel KY 8 along the north side of the street. This will bring more speeding cars near people who choose to walk and ride bikes.

Goals:

  1. Reduce injuries on Highway Ave by introducing traffic calming elements that reduce comfortable driving speed to 20 MPH.

  2. Create safe crossings on Highway Ave.

  3. Create a safe, dedicated access point to the Riverfront Commons Trail from Western Ave.

If you live in or travel through Botany Hills, we need your help.

  1. Give your feedback on Highway Ave by taking our street audit

  2. Attend our Open House on 3/24. (Note: This is postponed due to recommendations by the NKY Health Department.)

  3. Register below for updates on this project.