By: Peyton Mills
Last Tuesday, representatives of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet visited Knox County to announce a series of road repaving and the county’s 2023-24 financial allotments through the Rural Secondary Program. As the name implies, these funds are used to construct and upkeep rural and secondary roads across the State of Kentucky. The program is funded by 22.2% of the revenue from motor fuel taxes. For more information on how funds are allocated, visit the Transportation Cabinet’s website here.
Over the next year, the Transportation Cabinet expects to repave a total of 8.6 miles at a cost of $1.6 million (that is over $188,000 per mile!). The primary project, at 28.6% of the total funds, is over 4 miles of KY 718 between KY 223 and Lost Fork Rd,
followed by 2 miles of KY 930 east of Ramsey Branch and west of Reader Loop Rd (12.4% of funds);
1.6 miles of KY 1530 between Cumberland River Bridge and KY 11 (9.9% of funds);
and a third of a mile of KY 3153 between KY 3439 and US 25E (2.3% of funds).
The remaining funds are reserved for lettings and administrative costs or are “Flex Funds” (which alone account for 12.7% of funds) — an amount allocated based on the overall condition of state roads in the county.
