KYTC recommends $1.17 million allocation for Fleming County roads; $650,000 pledged for Grange City Covered Bridge
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Summary
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Nine presented FY2022–23 Rural Secondary recommendations totaling $1,441,060 available funds and recommended $530,175 in expenditures; the Fiscal Court unanimously approved Resolution 22-1366 accepting the plan. Senator Stephen West announced $650,000 for the Grange City Covered Bridge restoration.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District Nine staff on May 10 presented FY2022–23 Rural Secondary recommendations for Fleming County and the Fiscal Court unanimously approved the proposal.
Travis Cropper, David Leach and Hayden Smith of KYTC outlined available funds: a 2022–2023 allocation of $1,169,447 plus $271,613 in undistributed funds for a total of $1,441,060. The cabinet recommended $530,175 in expenditures, leaving $910,885 for future improvements; flex funding was listed at $162,497, including $45,552 carried over.
The presentation named priority maintenance and resurfacing projects and included cost estimates: Wallingford Road (KY‑559) asphalt resurface, estimated $381,400, and Muses Mill Road (KY‑1013) asphalt resurface, estimated $410,400. The cabinet grouped maintenance and traffic work with an indicated priority allocation of $526,300 toward that category.
Senator Stephen West, who addressed the court earlier in the meeting, announced $650,000 in 2022 transportation funding earmarked for restoration of the Grange City Covered Bridge and said he would take local government recommendations into account when allocating transportation funding.
The Fiscal Court approved Resolution 22-1366 to accept and support the FY2022–2023 Rural Secondary recommendations by a unanimous vote (motion by Magistrate David J. DeAtley; second by Magistrate Richie Kielman).