Title XV, Roads, Waterways, and Aviation

As used in KRS 177.010 to 177.890, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; (2) "Construct" includes reconstruct and improve; (3) "Roads" includes rural roads; highways; bridges and bridge approaches; ci…

Highways -- Notice to fiscal court and affected citizens -- Rural secondary road system -- Maintenance -- Administrative regulations. (1) The state primary road system shall consist of such public roads and city streets within the state as the Department of Highways determines sh…

cities. The Department of Highways is authorized to acquire and bear the cost of new or additional rights-of-way needed for establishment, improvement, construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of a public road or a city street which has been designated by the Departmen…

county judge/executive. The provisions of KRS 67.078 and 67.710 notwithstanding, a county judge/executive may order county plows to remove snow from any state road the plow must travel on to reach a county road to be cleared. The county judge/executive shall not be required to de…

The cost of construction of the primary roads shall be borne entirely by the state, or by the state and federal government, where the roads are built in cooperation, and they shall be maintained entirely by the state, but any county, municipality or person may make donations to t…

appliances to be borne by department -- Conditions. (1) (a) If the department determines that it is necessary for any fireplugs, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, and other equipment and appliances, belonging to any municipality or a municipally owned utility,…

unincorporated urban place. (1) The Department of Highways may install and maintain signs recognizing the boundary of a city, town, or community whether incorporated or unincorporated. These signs shall be installed regardless of whether the community has a post office, if the De…

Statement to city. The commissioner of highways on and after July 1, 1942, may designate such city streets or portions thereof, including viaducts and bridges, as in his discretion are connecting links of state or federal maintained highways or that he may in his discretion deter…

On and after July 1, 1942, the Department of Highways may maintain and repair, construct and reconstruct under its control and supervision such city streets so designated by the commissioner of highways, and may make appropriations and expenditures out of its fund for such purpos…

streets. Any city or person who enters upon such designated city connecting link streets or rights of way thereof, for the purpose of laying conduits, pipes, poles or wires therein, thereon or thereunder or makes any obstruction thereon or any excavation thereunder, which necessi…

If any county desires to construct any part of a public road before the state is prepared to construct it, such county shall ask the department for permission to do so. When such request is made the department shall immediately investigate the request, and if they find that the c…

(1) An incorporated area or unincorporated urban place may elect, with the concurrence of the Department of Highways, to construct, reconstruct, or maintain urban roads and streets which are included in the Department of Highways' state primary road system and are maintained by t…

school facility. A local school district shall not purchase property for the construction of any school facility until the district consults with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways, Frankfort Office, to determine if the property to be purchased currently …

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in KRS 177.070, all cost of acquiring any necessary land or right-of-way for primary road purposes and all damages incurred shall be paid by the county. (2) Temporary rights-of-way and private surfaced roads, other than those o…

The United States Route 431 from the junction of the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway to the Kentucky and Tennessee border shall be designated as part of the National Truck Network established pursuant to the federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the department may agree with any landowner as to the value of a right-of-way and if the agreement is approved by the county attorney the fiscal court shall enter an order directing the payment of the amount agreed upon to the landowner, …

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Local government" means: 1. Any city organized and governed under KRS Chapter 83 or 83A; 2. Any urban-county government organized and governed under KRS Chapter 67A; 3. Any consolidated local government organized and governed under KRS Chapter 67…

The Department of Highways shall erect within six hundred and sixty (660) feet of the right-of-way of any interstate, limited access highway, federal-aid primary highway, or turnpikes official directional signs and notices pertaining to publicly and privately owned natural wonder…

As used in KRS 177.0734 and 177.0736, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Fully controlled access highways" means highways, limited to interstate and state parkways, that shall give preference to through traffic, shall have access only at selected public roads or streets,…

The commissioner of the Department of Highways shall promulgate administrative regulations, pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, to provide for the erection of specific service signs on fully controlled access highways or at interchanges on partially controlled access highways. The admin…

(1) Any camping facility that has been authorized by the commissioner of the Department of Highways to attach its logo sign to the face of a specific service sign erected on a fully controlled access highway, pursuant to the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traf…

eligible to obtain specific service highway signs. All statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, the Transportation Cabinet shall amend its policies and administrative regulations in effect on June 24, 2003, governing highway signage, to include bed and breakfast establishments, …

(1) Every road which is part of the state primary system shall be identified by a specific route number. In addition to a route number, the secretary shall direct the placement of signage denoting the honorary naming of a bridge, a road, or a road segment to comply with the provi…

The Hillsboro Covered Bridge in Fleming County is renamed and designated the "Grange City Covered Bridge."

As used in KRS 177.076 to 177.079, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Historical site" means a cultural or educational site that is officially listed in the National Register of Historical Places; (2) "Fully controlled access highway" means a limited access highway, an i…

for approval -- Hearings -- Effect on pre-existing signs. (1) No later than February 1, 1999, the commissioner of the Department of Highways shall establish standards, procedures, and forms for the making and approval of applications for a limited supplemental guide sign by the p…

(1) An application from an historical site or from a tourist area or attraction for the erection of a limited supplemental guide sign shall be made to the commissioner of the Department of Highways. The application shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Evidence that demonstra…

experimental usage of signs. Pursuant to the requirements of the MUTCD Section 1A-6, the commissioner of the Department of Highways shall apply to the Federal Highway Administration, by no later than February 1, 1999, for permission to experiment with a new usage of post-intercha…

Title to property -- Conclusiveness of official order -- Duty of department to clear and maintain property. (1) The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, when it has, by official order, designated the route, location, or relocation of a highway, limited access highway…

proceedings -- Petition. The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, when seeking to condemn lands and material and the use and occupancy of lands, under the provisions of KRS 177.081, shall direct the county attorney or any attorney authorized to represent the Commonwe…

Condemnation. (1) The Department of Highways is hereby authorized to acquire and improve strips of land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty within and adjacent to federal-aid highways of this state, including acquisition and development o…

(1) The General Assembly finds that: (a) The I-69 Ohio River Crossing Project, since its inception, was designed to be financed by tolling revenues; (b) In 2016, the Governors of Kentucky and Indiana signed a memorandum of understanding directing both states to restart the I-69 O…

-- Civil fines imposed and collected -- Permissible use of fines. (1) As used in this section, "encroachment" means any improvement to land including but not limited to buildings, fences, ditches, embankments, driveways, or signs, or any change from the original contour of land, …

The Transportation and Tourism Interagency Committee is established to foster close collaboration between the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet and the Transportation Cabinet on policies that affect the tourism industry and to place strong emphasis on the coordination of mutual …

Compensation -- Officers -- Meetings -- Proxy voting. (1) The Transportation and Tourism Interagency Committee shall be composed of thirteen (13) members or their official appointed designees, as follows: (a) Six (6) members appointed by the secretary of the Tourism, Arts and Her…

The Transportation and Tourism Interagency Committee shall have but not be limited to the following duties and responsibilities: (1) Review Kentucky's signage laws, administrative regulations, and policies implementing the federal "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" and s…

(1) The provisions of KRS 177.120 to 177.210 shall not apply to any railroad lines or tracks constructed across primary roads after March 23, 1926. (2) Where railroad lines or tracks constructed after March 23, 1926 cross any primary road, the department shall determine the chara…

Standards to be set by administrative regulations -- Closure of grade crossings. (1) Whenever the department considers it necessary for the public safety, it may order any railroad company owning or operating a railroad in this state, to eliminate any grade crossing or change any…

If the department finds that a crossing proposed for vacation should be replaced with another grade crossing or a grade separation, it shall give at least ten (10) days' notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the railroad company and to the chief executive officer…

Within ninety (90) days after the entry of an order directing a grade separation or change, and the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates of cost by the railroad company, the railroad company shall present to the department plans, specifications, and estimates of co…

(1) After receipt of the plans, specifications, and estimates of cost from the railroad company, the department shall give at least ten (10) days' notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the railroad company of a time and place for a conference with respect to the …

(1) The department may by supplemental orders reject or order the rejection of all bids submitted for the work, or any part thereof, and require a readvertisement for bids. The department may reject all bids and elect to do the work itself, or partly by itself and by the railroad…

(1) The cost of preparing the plans, specifications and estimates of cost and of advertising for bids shall be paid wholly by the railroad company. The state shall pay one-half (1/2) of the cost of the work within the right-of-way lines of the railroad company, extended across th…

All contracts let by the railroad company under KRS 177.120 to 177.210 shall have the approval of the state highway engineer, in writing, indorsed on the contract.

(1) Any railroad company dissatisfied with a final order of the department directing the elimination of any grade crossing or change of existing overhead or underpass structure, or any order modifying or amending the final order may appeal by filing a petition in the clerk's offi…

Either the department or the railroad company affected by the final judgment of the Circuit Court may appeal to the Court of Appeals in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure.

If any railroad company fails to comply with any order of the department issued under authority of KRS 177.120 to 177.210, the department may cause to be instituted in the Franklin Circuit Court, in the name of the state, an action to compel compliance with the order by mandatory…

For the purpose of KRS 177.220 to 177.310, a limited access facility is defined as a highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a limited right or ea…

The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, and towns, acting alone or in cooperation, with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, are hereby authorized…

The highway authorities of the state, county, city, and town are authorized to so design any limited access facility and to so regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended, and its determination of such design shall be fi…