Below is a list of all current press releases.  To view the full text, click on the press release title.

• Public input sought for increasing highway project goals
  Monday, May 13, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 13, 2013) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is seeking public input on proposed goals for increasing Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) involvement in highway projects.
• Asphalt rehab projects awarded for 45 counties across Kentucky
  Thursday, May 09, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 9, 2013) – Governor Steve Beshear today announced that asphalt rehabilitation projects totaling more than $64 million have been awarded by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as the spring construction season continues.
• Asphalt rehab projects awarded for counties across the state
  Tuesday, April 23, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 23, 2013) – More than $27 million in asphalt rehabilitation projects have been awarded by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as the spring construction season gets underway.
• All-electronic tolling: No toll plazas, coin buckets or waiting in line
  Tuesday, April 16, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 16, 2013) – Members of the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority (KPTIA) today were briefed on all-electronic tolling, the kind of state-of-the-art system Kentucky and Indiana plan for use in the Ohio River Bridges Project.
• Slow down, our moms and dads work here!
  Friday, April 12, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 12, 2013) ¬— A split second of driver distraction can turn a highway work zone into a death zone. According to the Federal Highway Administration, on average, a person dies every 15 hours, and four are injured every hour, in a work zone in the United States.
• Kentucky-Indiana Joint Board holds inaugural meeting
  Friday, April 12, 2013
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 12, 2013) – The Kentucky-Indiana Joint Board, created to facilitate and assist in accomplishing the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project, today held its first meeting.
• Ohio River Bridges tolls still on original target, consultant says
  Tuesday, March 19, 2013
  A consulting firm preparing a traffic and revenue study for the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project indicated today that base toll rates are likely to hit the previously announced targets, including a $1 rate for a “frequent user” with a transponder.
• Traffic game plan seeks to reduce tie-ups
  Tuesday, March 19, 2013
  Negotiating a handful of Lexington road construction projects may be as challenging to fans attending the second and third rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, as a full-court press to a point guard.
• Highway crews continue snow removal efforts
  Wednesday, March 06, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 6, 2013) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews press on with snow removal efforts following the latest round of snow.
• Highway crews cleaning up latest snowfall
  Wednesday, March 06, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 6, 2013) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews continue to clean up after the latest round of winter weather moved across the Commonwealth.
• KYTC awards projects to rehabilitate pavement on several state, U.S. routes
  Friday, February 08, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 8, 2013) – In an ongoing effort to improve existing roads throughout the Commonwealth, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has awarded five contracts, totaling nearly $5 million, for projects to provide much-needed repair of asphalt pavement on state and U.S. routes in five Kentucky counties.
• Highway crews contending with wintry blast
  Friday, February 01, 2013
  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews continue to clear roads and bridges after the latest blast of winter weather moved across the Commonwealth.
• 2013 Kentucky Official Highway Map now available
  Tuesday, January 29, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 29, 2013) – The 2013 Kentucky Official Highway Map is now available across the Commonwealth at rest areas, welcome centers, local convention and tourism offices and all Kentucky State Parks.
• Highway crews treating roads
  Friday, January 25, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 25, 2013) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews continue to treat roads and bridges as a mix winter weather moves across the Commonwealth.
• Kentucky residents can get ‘Organ Donor’ designation on driver’s license
  Wednesday, January 16, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 15, 2013) – Kentuckians who opt to become organ donors soon can make their wishes known to others by way of a special symbol on their Kentucky driver’s license or identification card.
• Kentucky Transportation Cabinet seeks public input on 20-year plan
  Monday, January 07, 2013
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 7, 2013) – In 2035, what will be our transportation needs for Kentucky? Will our focus be on maintaining and improving existing roadways, constructing new roads, or issues concerning other modes of transportation? Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials are asking these questions as they update the Kentucky Long Range Transportation Plan.
• Settlement Announced in Bridges Project Lawsuit
  Monday, January 07, 2013
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Jan. 4, 2013) – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), the National Trust for Historic Preservation and River Fields, Inc. have reached a settlement agreement in the federal litigation relating to the Ohio River Bridges Project. The lawsuit was filed in 2009 by the National Trust and River Fields.
• Construction Teams Get Go-Ahead to Start Initial Work on Both Crossings of Bridges Project
  Wednesday, January 02, 2013
  LOUISVILLE (Dec. 28, 2012) – The Ohio River Bridges Project is moving ahead to construction in the new year with both states issuing “notice to proceed” on initial work for the teams that will build the Downtown and East End Crossings.
• Transportation crews continue clearing state’s roadways
  Wednesday, December 26, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 26, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews continue plowing and treating roads as more personnel stand by to combat winter weather this evening.
• Transportation crews continue clearing state’s roadways
  Wednesday, December 26, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 26, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews continue plowing and treating roads following the latest batch of winter weather.
• Plowing through -- Transportation crews plowing, treating roads throughout Kentucky
  Wednesday, December 26, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 26, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews continue to plow and treat roads following the latest batch of winter weather.
• Highway crews treating roads
  Friday, December 21, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 21, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews worked through the night to keep roads and bridges passable as the first blast of winter weather moved across the Commonwealth.
• State road crews ‘ready to roll’
  Thursday, December 20, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 20, 2012) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) road crews are ready for the latest wintry blast.
• Transportation Cabinet formally selects Walsh Construction Co. to build Downtown Crossing portion of Ohio River Bridges Project
  Friday, December 07, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 7, 2012) – A design-build team headed by Walsh Construction Co., of Chicago, has been awarded the job of building the Downtown Crossing portion of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project.
• Law enforcement officers, agencies honored for impaired driving enforcement
  Wednesday, December 05, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 5, 2012) – The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS) today honored 197 law enforcement officers from 164 agencies across the Commonwealth for their efforts to target impaired drivers.
• KYTC awards contracts for rehabilitation of intersections in six counties
  Wednesday, December 05, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 5, 2012) – Five projects to repave and rehabilitate several intersections throughout the Commonwealth have been awarded to contract by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
• KYTC awards contracts to rehabilitate pavement on three interstate routes
  Tuesday, December 04, 2012
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 3, 2012) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has awarded contracts for projects to provide much-needed repair of asphalt pavement on interstate routes in three Kentucky counties.