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Senate committee adds $1,147,000 to county priority road program, expands eligible counties
Summary
A Senate committee voted to report favorably on measures that add $1,147,000 to county priority road projects, add seven counties to the program and amend the Transportation Cabinet budget to unlock I‑69 funding and Garvey bond proceeds.
A Senate committee reported favorably on measures to add $1,147,000 to the state's county priority road projects program and to amend the Transportation Cabinet budget to unlock I-69 funding and Garvey bond proceeds.
The change was carried as a committee substitute to House Joint Resolution 46 and to House Bill 5 46, which the committee reported with the committee substitute attached and a subsequent title amendment. A committee member told the panel the substitute adds $1,147,000 and adds seven counties that previously had no projects in the plan: Butler, Carroll, Casey, Cumberland, McGoughlin, Monroe and Nicholas.
The decision matters because the bills move funding into the local assistance priority projects program and make a technical budget change to the Transportation Cabinet intended to unlock federal I-69 funding and allow use of Garvey bonds. "This comes off the heels of 2024, where the two chambers worked together to create a program for local assistance on priority projects," Chairman Petrie said. "This is a round of funding pursuant to that program."
Committee members said they expect to continue refining the local assistance program in this session and future sessions. The substitute motion and the bill motion each carried on roll call and were reported favorably with committee substitutes attached; the committee also approved a title amendment before final reporting.
Committee discussion on the item focused on the added counties and the funding shift. The committee member who described the substitute said the remainder of the resolution reflected the committee's earlier work and required no further change. The committee record shows the matter was advanced to the next stage with the committee's expression of opinion that the measures should pass.
The measures do not themselves appropriate all future construction funding nor change federal I-69 project authorizations; they adjust state-level allocations and the Transportation Cabinet budget language to enable related funding actions. The committee said further work will follow in subsequent sessions to implement and refine the local-assistance program.
