As students start back to school, a reminder of a new driving law
The Henderson Police Department posted recently about a new law that requires drivers to stop for a school or church bus that is displaying its stop arm and flashing red lights from either direction on all roads.
It went into effect on July 15.
Local K-12 school starts on Thursday.
According to the post, if there is no physical barrier or unpaved median, you must stop—even on a four-lane road.
There is an exception to be aware of. Drivers traveling in the opposite direction on a roadway with four or more lanes that is separated by an elevated barrier or an unpaved median, do not have to stop.
Another point of clarification, if driving on a four-lane highway with a paved center turn lane, a driver must stop, said the post.
The post also says that if a driver illegally passes a stopped school bus and cannot be identified, Kentucky law now presumes the registered owner or lessee was driving and subjects them to the penalties provided by law unless that presumption is rebutted.
Preliminary plat approved for land behind Walmart
The Henderson City-County Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a preliminary plat submitted by the City of Henderson for a 40-acre parcel located behind Hoffman Plaza, the shopping center that contains Walmart.
City officials at Tuesday’s meeting said there are no active plans from potential developers. But officials acknowledged that they are seeking commercial businesses to build on the property. The land in the future will need to be rezoned to highway commercial, officials said.
The businesses locating there could be retail, restaurants and hotels.
At the meeting, Hannah Simpson, a resident of the new Jagoe subdivision, Bentley Point, asked how the development would affect her property and how much she would be shielded from the effects from her residence.
Henderson Assistant City Manager Buzzy Newman said the parcel is planned for a highway commercial rezone, and though there are no current plans, development on the plot would need to come with screening requirements to protect nearby property owners’ rights.
Jim Morley, Jr., who is with Morley and Associates, said that the development probably will look something like that of the areas fronting I-69 north of Evansville, for example, near Costco. He said these interstate frontages typically have big and small box stores, residential housing and apartments.
