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• Mandatory motor vehicle insurance notices to begin statewide in June
  Thursday, May 17, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 17, 2012) – As mandated by the Kentucky Legislature, uninsured motorists across the Commonwealth will begin receiving notices in June that registrations for their personal vehicles will be canceled if they do not obtain required insurance or show proof of existing insurance.
• Replacement span set in place on Eggners Ferry Bridge on Kentucky Lake
  Wednesday, May 16, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 16, 2012) – A contractor crew has put in place a 322-foot-long replacement span on the Eggners Ferry Bridge on Kentucky Lake, closing the gaping hole created when a cargo vessel struck the bridge on the night of Jan. 26.
• Tennessee closes I-75 southbound, south of Kentucky border, due to slide
  Tuesday, May 08, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 8, 2012) – Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 south of the Kentucky border as crews work to stabilize a rock slope near a section of embankment that collapsed on March 8.
• Three Design-Build Team finalists selected for project to construct I-65 bridges, interchanges in downtown Louisville
  Monday, April 23, 2012
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 23, 2012) – Three teams of bridge- and road-building professionals have been selected by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) as finalists for a contract to build a new Interstate 65 bridge over the Ohio River in downtown Louisville and rebuild the interstate connections in both Kentucky and Southern Indiana.
• Kentucky, Indiana announce federal approval of Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement for Ohio River Bridges Project
  Friday, April 20, 2012
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 20, 2012) – The Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project, designed to bring unprecedented improvements in cross-river mobility for the entire region, took a giant step forward today with federal approval of a new environmental impact statement.
• Highway crews continue to clear snow and ice following winter storm
  Monday, March 05, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 5, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews continue efforts today to clear roadways of snow and ice brought by a winter storm affecting the eastern half of the state.
• Former Assistant State Auditor joins KYTC leadership staff
  Tuesday, February 28, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 28, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Secretary Mike Hancock today announced that Cindy James, who has had a distinguished career in the offices of the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Kentucky Attorney General, is joining the Transportation Cabinet as a special assistant to the Secretary.
• Three Professional Teams Will Compete To Build I-65 Bridges, Interchanges in Downtown Louisville
  Thursday, February 23, 2012
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Feb. 23, 2012) –The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet today issued guidelines for selecting three teams that will compete to build a new I-65 bridge in downtown Louisville and rebuild interstate connections on both sides of the Ohio River.
• Kentucky highway fatalities increasing in 2012
  Thursday, February 09, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 9, 2012) – The rate of fatalities on Kentucky’s roadways has increased in 2012, according to preliminary numbers from the Kentucky State Police. There were 64 fatalities as of Feb. 9, five more than at the same time last year.
• Dive team to place sensors on pier of damaged Kentucky Lake bridge
  Monday, January 30, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 28, 2012) – A dive team from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans to place sensors on a pier of the U.S. 68/KY 80 bridge over Kentucky Lake to help determine how badly it was damaged when a cargo vessel rammed the bridge Thursday night.
• Kentucky on verge of implementing data project to increase safety among commercial driver license holders
  Thursday, January 26, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 25, 2012) – Important changes are ahead for holders of a Kentucky Commercial Driver License (CDL) as the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet implements a federally mandated database project aimed at improving highway safety.
• Highway crews mopping up from snow storm
  Friday, January 13, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 13, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews are winding up the plowing and treating of roads and bridges after the first significant snow storm of the winter moved across the Commonwealth.
• Highway crews plowing, treating roads
  Friday, January 13, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 13, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews worked through the night to keep roads and bridges passable as the first significant snow storm of the winter moved across the Commonwealth.
• This is the ‘season of (head)lights’
  Wednesday, December 21, 2011
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 21, 2011) – The first day of winter is the “shortest” day of the year, meaning daylight is at its minimum. It’s also the season in which motorists find themselves driving more in the dark – and encountering others who are driving without headlights.
• State snow and ice crews ‘ready to go’
  Monday, December 19, 2011
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 19, 2011) –Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) maintenance crews are prepared to combat snow-covered and icy roads whenever they occur.
• Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announces winners of 2011 Adopt-a-Highway Poster Contest
  Thursday, December 08, 2011
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 8, 2011) – Students from Randall K. Cooper High School in Boone County, Warren Central High School in Bowling Green, Whitney Young Elementary in Louisville and Strode Station Elementary in Clark County took first place in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s 2011 Adopt-a-Highway poster contest.
• KYTC awards contract for project to increase public safety, mobility on roadways in vicinity of Kentucky Speedway
  Monday, December 05, 2011
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 5, 2011) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has awarded a contract for a project to increase public safety and mobility on Interstate 71 and other roadways in the vicinity of Kentucky Speedway, in Gallatin County.