Title XV, Roads, Waterways, and Aviation

Administrative regulations. (1) For the purposes of KRS 177.220 to 177.310, the highway authorities of the state, county, or city may acquire private or public property and property rights for limited access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and…

Court proceedings necessary to acquire property or property rights for purposes of KRS 177.220 to 177.310 shall take precedence over all other causes not involving the public interest in all courts, to the end that the provision of limited access facilities may be expedited.

connections. The highway authority of the state, county, city, and town may designate and establish limited access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a limited access facility. The state or any…

The highway authorities of the state, city, county, and town are authorized to enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of limited access facili…

In connection with the development of any limited access facility, the state, county, city, and town highway authorities are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or to designate as local serv…

It is unlawful for any person (1) to drive a vehicle over, upon, or across any curb, central dividing section or other separation or dividing line on limited access facilities; (2) to make a left turn or a semicircular or U-turn except through an opening provided for that purpose…

All trucks hauling coal on a fully controlled limited access highway shall be covered by a tarp or equivalent cover to prevent spillage.

The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that KRS 177.220 to 177.310 is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, and for the promotion of the general welfare.

limited rights or easement of access. (1) As used in this section, "partial control of access" means the limited right or easement of access granted by the Transportation Cabinet under subsection (2) of this section. (2) The Transportation Cabinet shall establish minimum spacing …

counties. (1) The Transportation Cabinet shall allow partial control of access on the Hal Rogers Parkway, between the junction with Kentucky Route 192 and the junction with Kentucky Route 80, and establish minimum spacing requirements and the manner in which the access is to be p…

rural roads, county roads and bridges and the Kentucky Transportation Center -- Allocation of funds. (1) Twenty-two and two-tenths percent (22.2%) of all funds arising from the imposition of taxes provided by KRS 138.220(1) and (2), 138.660(1) and (2) and 234.320 shall be set asi…

for selection of roads to be improved -- Recommendations -- Road through city with population of less than 3,000. (1) At least once in each calendar year, the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid, through a duly authorized representative, shall consult with the fiscal courts of …

-- Roads become part of state highway system. If, within thirty (30) days after consulting with a fiscal court, the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid and the fiscal court fail to agree on the selection of any rural and secondary roads for construction, reconstruction, or main…

secondary and rural roads -- Studies -- Surveys -- Maps -- Personnel -- Equipment. The Department of Rural and Municipal Aid may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A to establish standards for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and improve…

made on basis of revenue estimates -- Uniform financial information report required -- Procedures to identify project needs in unincorporated areas of consolidated local governments. (1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the Department of Rural and Municipal A…

Definitions. (1) On and after July 1, 1980, seven and seven-tenths percent (7.7%) of all amounts received from the imposition of the taxes provided for in KRS 138.220(1) and (2), 138.660(1) and (2) and 234.320 shall be set aside by the Finance and Administration Cabinet for the c…

of revenue estimates -- Uniform financial information report. (1) Except as provided in subsection (8) of this section, on and after July 1, 1980, the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall allocate to each incorporated city and "unincorporated urban place" its pro rata share o…

and counties. (1) On and after the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1980 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall pay to each incorporated city and county containing an unincorporated urban place its pro rata share of any funds appropriated and a…

(1) There is created a Kentucky Transportation Center Advisory Board, hereinafter in KRS 177.375 to 177.380 called the transportation center board or the board, to assist in policy formulation for and to provide direction to the Kentucky Transportation Center which is located at …

The Kentucky Transportation Center Board shall: (1) Recommend policies and procedures as necessary to carry out the provisions of KRS 177.375 to 177.380; (2) Review and recommend research, and technical assistance programs undertaken and financed under the provisions of KRS 177.3…

The president of the University of Kentucky shall appoint a director from a list of three (3) names submitted by the transportation center board. Other employees of the center shall be appointed in the same manner as other staff members of the university. All employees of the Ken…

(1) Any state moneys appropriated to the University of Kentucky under KRS 177.375 to 177.380 shall be used for the operation and management of the transportation center's technical assistance and research programs and for no other purpose. (2) Funds unexpended at the close of the…

(1) The director shall submit the transportation center budget in the manner and form set forth for other units of the university, after approval by the transportation center board. (2) Copies of the approved budget shall be filed with the transportation center board and the Legi…

(1) Funds appropriated by KRS 177.375 to 177.380 and any other act for transportation center programs shall not be diverted for any other use. (2) The University of Kentucky and the transportation center shall maintain such records as necessary to account for all receipts and exp…

As used in KRS 177.390 to 177.570, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1) The word "department" shall mean the Department of Highways, or, if said department shall be abolished…

In order to provide for the construction of modern express highways or superhighways embodying safety devices, including, when determined by the department to be feasible and necessary, center division, ample shoulder widths, long-sight distances, two (2) or more lanes in each di…

The department is hereby authorized and empowered: (1) To construct, reconstruct, maintain, repair, operate, regulate and police turnpike projects at such locations within the Commonwealth as may be determined by the department and approved by the Governor; (2) To acquire sites a…

for condemning railroad property. (1) The department is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, whenever it shall deem such purchase expedient, solely from funds provided under the authority of KRS 177.390 to 177.570, such lands, structures, property, rights, righ…

of access -- Regulations as to public utility facilities on or along turnpike project. (1) The department shall have power to construct grade separations at intersections of any turnpike project with public highways and to change and adjust the lines and grades of such highways s…

All turnpikes established under the provisions of KRS 177.390 to 177.570 are declared to be limited access facilities, within the meaning and subject to the provisions of KRS 177.220 to 177.310, and KRS 177.990. No right of access to a turnpike shall vest in the holder of adjacen…

(1) The department is authorized to provide, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of turnpike revenue bonds of the Commonwealth for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more turnpike projects. The principal of and the interest on the bonds…

In the discretion of the department, any bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 177.390 to 177.570 may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the department and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or wi…

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 177.390 to 177.570 shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth or of any such political subdivision, but such bonds sh…

Disposition of toll revenues -- Maintenance of turnpike by Department of Highways. (1) The department is hereby authorized to fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of each turnpike project and the different parts or sections thereof, and to contract with any person, …

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of KRS 177.390 to 177.570, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in KRS 177.390 to 177.570. The proceedings authorizing the bonds of any …

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of KRS 177.390 to 177.570 or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement, may, either at law or in equity…

The exercise of the powers granted by KRS 177.390 to 177.570 will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the Commonwealth, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maint…

Bonds issued by the department under the provisions of KRS 177.390 to 177.570 are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies, agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, ba…

property by county or city -- Annual report of turnpike activities -- Audits -- Personnel of Department of Highways not to have interest in project -- Penalty for failure to pay toll -- Lien on vehicle. (1) Each turnpike project when constructed and opened to traffic shall be mai…

The department is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of turnpike revenue refunding bonds of the Commonwealth for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of KRS 177.390 to 177.570, including the payment of an…

Except as hereinafter provided in this section, when all bonds issued under KRS 177.390 to 177.570 in connection with any turnpike project or projects and the interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon t…

The department is hereby authorized in its discretion to expend such moneys as may be necessary for the study of any turnpike project or projects and to use its engineering and other forces and employ consulting engineers and traffic engineers for the purpose of effecting such st…

KRS 177.390 to 177.560 shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers …

The General Assembly hereby finds and declares the purpose of KRS 177.571 to 177.576 to be the appropriate recognition and preservation of the scenic qualities of many of Kentucky's roadways. Therefore, the General Assembly is creating a state system of scenic byways and scenic h…

As used in KRS 177.571 to 177.576, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Advertising device" means as defined in KRS 177.830; (2) "Archaeological quality" means those characteristics of the area surrounding a scenic byway or a scenic highway that are physical evidence of hi…

removal of scenic designation of byway or highway. The Transportation Cabinet, in coordination with the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet and the Kentucky Heritage Council, shall promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A to establish: (1) Specific criteria for …

A road may be designated a scenic byway or scenic highway if it has a minimum of one (1) intrinsic quality as defined in KRS 177.571; a limit on existing visual intrusions that significantly impact the road; and a local support group that has requested scenic designation for the …

(1) The Transportation Cabinet shall attempt to maintain the character of a state- maintained road that has been designated a scenic highway. (2) The Transportation Cabinet shall erect and maintain appropriate scenic highway identification signs on each road designated a scenic b…

(1) The cabinet shall prohibit the erection of an outdoor advertising device adjacent to or visible from a scenic highway on which outdoor advertising devices as defined in KRS 177.572 are regulated under KRS 177.830 to 177.890. (2) The status of an outdoor advertising device sha…

Approval of people. Subject to the provisions of Sections 49 and 50 of the Constitution of Kentucky, there is hereby contracted on behalf of the Commonwealth a debt in the amount of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000). It is hereby declared to be the intent of the General …