McLean County is set to see some much-needed road repairs thanks to a significant boost in transportation funding announced this week.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced on Wednesday that McLean County will receive $666,830 in Rural Secondary Program funding to repair roads within the county, following a recent meeting with state engineers and McLean County Fiscal Court.
According to state transportation officials, the Rural Secondary funds—generated by Kentucky’s gas tax—are used to upgrade rural secondary state-maintained roads that connect smaller towns to urban centers and serve as crucial farm-to-market routes for local agriculture.
Under the RS program’s funding formula, officials said 60 percent of McLean County’s rural secondary allocation—$410,423—will fund a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet-recommended and court-approved project to resurface 2.3 miles of Kentucky 254, from Kentucky 81 to Kentucky 1155.
The remaining 40 percent, or $256,407—known as “Flex Funds”—can be used by county officials for repairs on other state roads or retained for county-maintained road projects, and magistrates voted unanimously to keep the funds for local road repairs.
County officials can now use those funds to upgrade and repair roads within McLean County.
