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State DOT outlines $1 million rural secondary allotment; Grant County retains flex funds for local roads
Summary
A Kentucky Transportation representative detailed the county’s rural secondary allotment and recommended projects; the Fiscal Court voted to retain the county’s portion of flex funds for local road work including paving and slide repairs.
A Kentucky Transportation representative laid out Grant County’s rural secondary allotment for 2025 and the court voted to retain the county’s share of flex funds to use on local road projects.
Jerry Keith of the Kentucky Transportation Department told the court the county’s overall allotment for the rural secondary program this cycle was $1,002,893 (after describing maintenance and traffic portions and carryover). He said the county’s available spending balance after set-asides and fees was approximately $695,003.61 and proposed projects to use the funds.
The nut graf: The department proposed completing roughly three miles of Kentucky 491 (Gardenersville Road) from North Fork Drive to Pendleton Lot, repairing two slide locations on Jonesville Road (Kentucky 36) with line items near $80,000 and ~$100,000, and resurfacing a segment of Simpson Ridge Road (1995) from Haken Road to KY 36. The court voted to retain its flex funds for those road projects.
Keith reviewed that county judge-executive fees and a maintenance/traffic portion reduce the total allotment and that undistributed balances are carried forward when projects come in under estimates. He said the county’s portion of flex funds for this cycle was the $193,004 figure he had detailed, leaving the working balance for pavement and slide work.
After the presentation, Magistrate Code Harness moved that the court accept the plan and retain the flex funds for county roads; Magistrate Riley seconded and the court recorded the motion as carried after members said “aye.” Judge Dills and others discussed that some projects from prior years (including an earlier segment of Kentucky 491) remain on the schedule and could be completed this year if the program is let.
Keith said priorities are subject to change based on condition and need; he also noted that some candidate segments are lower-volume roads that nonetheless qualify for rural secondary money.
Ending: The court directed staff to proceed with the flex-fund plan and thanked Keith for the presentation. County staff will include the minutes in the package the department uses to forward projects to Frankfort for letting and scheduling.
