Rural Consultation Practices
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Statewide Transportation Planning Process
Organizational Issues
Geographical Scope
- 120 Counties
- 15 Area Development Districts, or ADDs (3 are also MPO Agencies)
- 7 MPOs (including 4 with major city outside Kentucky) including 3 TMAs
- 12 Highway Districts
- Over 73,000 miles of public roads (local and state)
- 27,396 miles of state-maintained road which carry 84% of traffic
Lead Agency:
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet(KYTC)
- Department of Highways
- J.M. Yowell, State Highway Engineer
- Michael W. Hancock, Dep. State Highway Engineer, Office of Program Planning and Management
Administrative Process:
- KYTC staff funded with Federal Planning and Research funds
- ADDs funded with State Road Funds and State General Funds
- Intention is to fund at least one staff person in each ADD
- Funds allocation based on number of counties (range from 5-17) per ADD
- 10% local match is required from each ADD
- ADD contract and Annual Work Program is developed for annual renewal
- ADDs submit quarterly invoice and report for reimbursement
Contacts:
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Division of Planning
125 Holmes Street
Frankfort, KY 40622
(502) 564-7183 Fax: (502) 564-2865
Statewide Transportation Planning Process (STP)
Major Participants
- Area Development Districts (ADDs)
- KYTC, Highway Districts
- KYTC, Division of Planning
Primary STP Tasks
- Identification and prioritization of needs
- Consideration of TEA-21 planning factors
- Development of Statewide Transportation Plan
- Input into the KYTC implementation process
- Consultation with local officials and public involvement
- Coordination with MPOs and other states, agencies, and interests
ADD Activities
- Maintain Transportation Advisory Committee and provide public input
- Consult with local officials with or on behalf of KYTC
- Coordinate with local and regional agencies and interests
- Initiate public involvement outreach
- Conduct planning tasks (regional goals and objectives, data collection, etc)
- Consider TEA-21 planning factors, as appropriate
- Identify and prioritize highway needs and submit to KYTC
- Identify and submit other transportation needs and issues
- Attend bimonthly meetings with Highway District and Division of Planning staff for education, information exchange, and work-related discussions
- Participate in other Cabinet activities as needed (data collection, review and input for special studies, set up meetings with the public or local officials, etc)
- Perform special local and/or regional projects, as appropriate
Highway District Activities
- Participate on Transportation Advisory Committee
- Participate in other ADD public involvement activities as needed
- Provide technical assistance to ADDs for highway-related issues
- Assist in biennial highway needs identification and prioritization process, particularly in project definition and cost estimates
- Consider TEA-21 planning factors when appropriate
- Attend bimonthly meetings with ADDs and Division of Planning staff for education, information exchange, and work-related discussions
- Provide technical assistance for and review ADD special projects, as needed
Division of Planning Activities:
- Seek funding through state biennial budget process
- Provide direction for statewide planning process
- Develop and administer ADD contracts, including development and monitoring of ADD Annual Work Programs
- Hold bimonthly meetings with Highway Districts and ADD staff for education, information exchange, and work-related discussions
- Maintain and update Unscheduled Highway Needs database
- Review and input from ADDs and direct it to appropriate KYTC offices
- Consider TEA-21 planning factors, as appropriate
- Review/utilize input from highway needs identification/prioritization process for Long Range Highway Plan element of Statewide Transportation Plan
- Develop and update Statewide Transportation Plan
- Make recommendations to Programming staff for state's short-range highway program (Six Year Highway Plan) and the STIP
- Provide direction on and review reports for ADD special projects
Return to the top
National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation
400 North Capitol St., NW, Suite 390, Washington, DC 20001
(202) 624-7806 • Fax (202) 624-8813 •
info@nado.org
www.nado.org
