We the people of eastern Kentucky that have lived here for many generations would like to have the stretch of Ky 9006 formally known as The Daniel Boone parkway changed  back to its original name. We respect and appreciate Hal Rogers endeavors to get funding secured that would remove the tolls. But the name of the road is part of the legacy of eastern Kentucky and we would respectfully like to have it changed back to the original name. The vast majority of the local people that live on this stretch of road never wanted the name changed and we hope this petition will be a reflection of that and we can get the name of the state highway changed back to what we feel it should be. 

U.S. Representative Hal Rogers was the forerunner in getting the tolls lifted on the Daniel Boone Parkway, securing $13 million in federal funding. Former governor Paul E. Patton, to thank him for removing the tolls on the highway, renamed the Daniel Boone Parkway the Hal Rogers Parkway. This stirred a lot of controversy among Kentucky residents and descendants of Daniel Boone who were offended that a parkway originally named for the famous pioneer, who helped settle Kentucky, was renamed for a sitting congressman whose main accomplishment was getting the tolls lifted off of the parkway. Soon after, the Associated Press picked up the controversy regarding the renaming of the parkway and outrage over the renaming has been heard across the United States and as far as the United Kingdom.

On October 14, 2015, at a surprise ceremony attended by Rogers, Governor Steve Beshear and KYTC officials renamed a 32-mile (51 km) stretch of KY 80 between Somerset and London as an extension of the Hal Rogers Parkway. Somerset was the residence of Rogers at the time of the renaming.The road had been named the Russell Dyche Memorial Highway for a London newspaperman and politician.

we ask that the people who live here and visit here along with the descendants of Daniel Boone will join with us to bring this name change back to what we feel it should be