KYTC presents $2.36 million rural-secondary allotment for Warren County; Glen Lilly Road resurfacing planned

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) staff on April 3 presented Warren County Fiscal Court with the county’s rural secondary program allotment for fiscal year 2025–26 and the projects they plan to fund.

"Per KRS +1 77330, it is required by law that the Department of Highway shall notice by each county physical court of the county road that the department intends to construct, reconstruct, or maintain," KYTC presenter Megan Anderson told the court. KYTC officials listed the county’s projected allotment at $2,127,379, a carryover balance of $229,183, and flex funds of $319,107 for total funds available of $2,356,562.

The cabinet said the largest planned project is resurfacing Kentucky 2665 (Glen Lilly Road): 5.457 miles of resurfacing plus penetrated shoulders, base-failure repairs, drainage improvements, tree clearing and ditching, with an estimated cost of $1,201,555. KYTC said its maintenance crew will perform ditch work and entrance pipe maintenance and will use a master agreement to install rock shoulders on Kentucky 3191 (Bridal Hill Road) and Kentucky 1749 (Glenmore Road) at an estimated $35,000.

KYTC staff also reported completed work from the previous year (projects 5-26, 12-97 and 23-26 completed) and listed several projects due to be finished by June 30 (including projects 6-26, 9-601 and 206-301). When asked about a start date for Cemetery Road, KYTC engineer Joe Plunk said design is largely finished and the project is in the highway plan, but that construction timing depends on funding and property acquisition; he said he could not provide a construction date yet.

Esquire Rex McWhorter (fourth district) asked about the Cemetery Road schedule; Megan Anderson deferred start-date questions to Joe Plunk, who said funding for the next phase had not yet been secured. "Right now we don't have the funds to move into the next phase to where we're buying property," Plunk said. "We're hopeful that maybe by the end of the year we'll be moving into that phase. But right now we're just waiting for funds to be able to start buying property. So I can't give you a date on construction until I know more about the next phase."

Court members thanked KYTC staff for the work and noted the county’s heavy road workload amid growth. KYTC staff described routine maintenance allocations of $765,900 for the year and said the county could request further information on scheduling and maintenance details.

The presentation was informational; no fiscal-court vote on the rural-secondary program was recorded in the meeting minutes beyond the required notice and presentation.

The court moved on to other agenda items after the presentation.