ACCESS TO FT. CAMPBELL'S TRAINING AREAS WILL BE LIMITED

             FORT CAMPBELL OFFICIALS SAY BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH 22^ND, THE LOCAL ARMY POST WILL BEGIN LIMITING ACCESS TO TRAINING AREAS ON THE INSTALLATION.

            ARMY OFFICIALS SAY SEVEN PREVIOUSLY OPEN ROADS WILL BE GATED OR BARRIERS WILL BE INSTALLED, LIMITING ACCESS TO THE MAINLY UNDEVELOPED TRAINING AREAS WEST OF PALMYRA ROAD.

            OFFICIALS REPORT ACCESS POINTS AT GARRETSBURG ROAD AND HIGHWAY 345 AS WELL AS KILLEBREW ROAD WILL BE CLOSED IN KENTUCKY.

            IN TENNESSEE, THE FOLLOWING ACCESS WILL BE CLOSED: HIGHWAY 79 AND INDIAN MOUND ROAD; HIGHWAY 79 AND NORMAND LOOP; BIG ROCK AND JORDAN SPRINGS; ARTILLERY ROAD AND JORDAN SPRINGS; AND RED DIAMOND ROAD AND HIGHWAY 139.

            POST OFFICIALS SAY THE CLOSURES WILL ALLOW FORT CAMPBELL TO BETTER PROVIDE SAFETY OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS BY LIMITING ACCESS TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAINING AREAS AND LIVE-FIRE RANGES. ADDITIONALLY, ARMY OFFICIALS SAY SEVERAL INSTANCES OF TRESPASSING AND CRIMINAL LITTERING HAVE FOCUSED ATTENTION ON THE NEED TO ACCESS CONTROL TO THE REMOTE AREAS.