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KSP Re-Opens Facility and Dedicates Memorial To Employee    

KSP, along with officials from KYTC, will re-open the Morehead Weigh Station

WHAT: KSP, along with officials from KYTC, will re-open the Morehead Weigh Station (featuring enhanced technology) and host a Memorial Dedication to CVE Inspector Benita Blanton, who died in 2016 while on duty.

WHEN: Monday, May 20, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: Morehead Weigh Station, I-64 W, Mile Marker 148, Morehead, Ky. 40351

WHO: KSP Commissioner Rick Sanders, KSP CVE Major Nathan Day, KYTC Office of Highway Safety Acting Executive Director Jason Siwula, and family members representing Inspector Blanton.

WHY: The weigh station redesign with enhanced technology* will increase highway safety. Inspector Blanton was assigned to this facility and a permanent memorial honoring her will be unveiled in conjunction with the grand re-opening ceremony.

*Tour of facility and demonstration of new technology will be available for media.

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