CHAPTER 167
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CHAPTER 167
( HB 202 )
AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
Section 1. The projects authorized by the General Assembly in this Act constitute the official 2018-2020
Biennial Highway Construction Plan.
Section 2. The General Assembly acknowledges that the project authorizations contained within this Act
are based on the Transportation Cabinet's estimates. The Transportation Cabinet shall have the authority to expend
funds necessary to complete the projects as authorized in this Act, amended only by variations dictated by bid or
unforeseen circumstances.
Section 3. The Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet shall produce a single document that contains two
separately identified sections, as follows: Section 1 shall detail the enacted fiscal biennium 2018-2020 Biennial
Highway Construction Program and Section 2 shall detail the 2018-2020 Highway Preconstruction Program Plan for
fiscal year 2018-2019 through fiscal year 2022-2024 as identified by the 2018 General Assembly. This document
shall mirror in data type and format the fiscal year 2018-2024 Recommended Six-Year Road Plan as submitted to the
2018 General Assembly. The document shall be published and distributed to members of the General Assembly and
the public within 60 days of adjournment of the 2018 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Section 4. The Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet shall report by September 30 of each fiscal year to
the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation any project included in the enacted Biennial Highway Construction
Plan which has been delayed beyond the fiscal year for which the project was authorized. The report shall include:
(a) The county name;
(b) The Transportation Cabinet project identification number;
(c) The route where the project is located;
(d) The length of the project;
(e) A description of the project and the scope of improvement;
(f) The type of local, state, or federal funds to be used on the project;
(g) The stage of development for the design, right-of-way, utility, and construction phases;
(h) The fiscal year in which each phase of the project was scheduled to commence;
(i) The estimated cost for each phase of the project;
(j) A detailed description of the circumstances leading to the delay; and
(k) The same information required in paragraphs (a) to (i) of this section for the project or projects
advanced with funds initially scheduled for the delayed project.
Section 5. This Act in conjunction with 2018 Regular Session HJR 74 shall constitute the Six-Year Road
Plan.
Section 6. Whereas the funding for these projects is provided by 2018 Regular Session HB 201, which
takes effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon otherwise becoming law, an emergency is
declared to exist, and this Act takes effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon otherwise
becoming law.
Section 7. The 2018-2020 Biennial Highway Construction Plan is as follows:
Signed by Governor April 13, 2018.
