PADUCAH — The city of Paducah has announced that starting March 10, the construction area for the Riverfront Infrastructure Improvement Project will be expanded to include the area behind the Holiday Inn Paducah Riverfront hotel, adjacent to the Greenway Trail.
The original construction zone is on the river side of the floodwall between the floodwall opening on North 2nd Street and the floodwall opening on Executive Boulevard, and this expansion will be adjacent to that site. Crews will be installing storm sewer pipe in this new space, with work continuing through the fall of this year.
According to the city, this closure will not affect the parking area for the hotel or for the Convention Center. The Greenway Trail will remain open to pedestrian and bicycle traffic, though vehicles are not permitted on the trail or between the Convention Center complex and the transient dock area.
For vehicular traffic, the city states that the floodwall openings at Executive Boulevard and at the intersection of North 2nd Street and Madison Street are open to the public, while the Harrison Street floodwall opening is a construction entrance only and closed to the general public.
As progress is made, there will be additional areas that will require closures — the city reminds the public to use caution, watch for work crews, and respect any barriers or fencing placed in the work zone.