Overview

• Plantside Drive remains closed between Bunsen Way and Caton Drive as crews secure the site and plan repairs, with local access maintained to nearby businesses.
• City leaders met with 6 to 8 contractors to pursue a design-build solution billed as a complete, long-term repair under the emergency declaration.
• Jeffersontown is seeking state and federal funding to support the repair effort following Tuesday’s collapse.
• Public Works attributes the failure to floodwaters eroding soil around a pipe roughly 8 to 10 feet below the surface; no injuries were reported.
• Utilities at the site were checked with no ruptures found, and drivers are being detoured on a route that adds about 2.5 minutes, with disruptions expected for months.