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KYTC outlines $1.01 million rural secondary allotment; Simpson County to resurface 2.7 miles of KY 621
Summary
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Three presented a FY24/25 Rural Secondary Program allotment totaling $1,014,473, including $490,255 proposed to resurface 2.713 miles of KY 621 (Stevenson Road) and roughly $383,400 earmarked for routine maintenance on county secondary roads.
Joe Plunk, an engineer with District Three of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, told the Simpson County Fiscal Court that the county’s FY24/25 Rural Secondary Program projected allotment is $912,951, with a FY23/24 balance carryover of $101,522, providing total funds available of $1,014,473. Plunk and fellow District Three staff (Casey Pedigo, Justin Young and Wes Watt) presented the cabinet’s proposed uses for the funds.
Under the proposal, about 42 percent of the total — approximately $383,400 — would go toward routine maintenance and traffic on 95.575 miles of rural secondary roads. The cabinet proposed $3,875 in allotment funds for county judge expenses and $136,943 in flex funds for county flex projects.
The largest single project in the presentation was a resurfacing of 2.713 miles of KY 621 (Stevenson Road), from the intersection with Robertson Road at milepost 5.755 to the intersection with U.S. 31W at milepost 8.468, with an estimated allocation of $490,255. The presenters described the resurfacing as a targeted resurfacing contract; court members and KYTC engineers discussed remedies for traffic problem areas and updates on projects already in progress.
The presentation cited KRS 177.330 as the statutory framework for the Rural Secondary Program. No formal county motion to adopt the KYTC plan was recorded at the meeting; the presentation served as an informational briefing and a starting point for local scheduling and project planning ahead of procurement.
