Little Hardwick's Creek section of Estill County KY

Why give the northern part of Estill County to Powell County? Why not connect about 2 or 3 miles of road from White Oak. Then Hardwick Creek folks would be as close to Irvine as Stanton. White Oak Road is good enough to handle more thru traffic. I am not calling for a wide super highway. Just a narrow 2 lane road so Little Hardwick's Creek Road can be connected to White Oak Road. I don't know if the terrain is too rough to build such a road. But we are only talking about 2 or 3 miles of additional road construction.