Several local fiscal courts have received Rural Secondary Program Funds from the state to repair roadways in their respective counties.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet engineers recently presented Henderson Fiscal Court with a $1,024,500 check, Webster County Fiscal Court with a $829,000 check, and Union County Fiscal Court received a $830,000 check. McLean Fiscal Court also received $666,830 in funding.
Rural Secondary funds are used to improve rural secondary state-maintained roadways in counties across Kentucky, according to a news release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. These are roads that are important to the local community, serving to connect smaller cities to urban areas and functioning as farm-to-market routes for the agriculture community.
The Rural Secondary Program is funded through Kentucky’s gas tax.
Based on the funding formula of the RS program, 80 percent of the RS funding allocated to Henderson County, or $713,000, will go to two projects recommended by KYTC, and approved by the court. This will include asphalt resurfacing of KY 416 from KY 136 to Middle Delaware Road (2.65 miles) and KY 1078 from KY 416 to KY 812 (4.05 miles).
The remaining 20 percent, or $311,000, are called “Flex Funds.” County officials can vote to return those funds to the state to make repairs on other state roads in the county, or they can retain them for their own use. Magistrates voted unanimously to keep those funds for repairs on county-maintained roads in Henderson County.
Based on the funding formula of the RS program, 80 percent of the RS funding allocated to Webster County, or $572,000, will go to two projects recommended by KYTC, and approved by the court. This will include asphalt resurfacing of 2.78 miles of KY 2836, from U.S. 41 to KY 120, and 2.02 miles of KY 2838 between Caney Creek and KY 857.
The remaining 20 percent, or $257,000, are “Flex Funds.” Magistrates voted unanimously to keep those funds for repairs on county-maintained roads in Webster County.
Based on the funding formula of the RS program, 85 percent of the RS funding allocated to Union County, or $654,000, will go to two projects recommended by KYTC, and approved by the court. This will include asphalt resurfacing 1.3 miles of KY 360, from KY 130 to Hodgins Road, and 1.6 miles of KY 365, from the Crittenden County line to U.S. 60.
The remaining 15 percent, or $196,000, is “Flex Funds.” Magistrates voted unanimously to keep those funds for repairs on county-maintained roads in Union County.
Based on the funding formula of the RS program, 60 percent of the RS funding allocated to McLean County, or $410,423, will go to one project recommended by KYTC, and approved by the court. That is the resurfacing of KY 254 from KY 81 to KY 1155 (2.3 miles). The remaining 40 percent, or $256,407, is “Flex Funds.” Magistrates voted unanimously to keep those funds for repairs on county-maintained roads.
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