Department of Community & Economic Development:
Transportation

Transportation

Through a partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the ADD provides planning support for activities associated with the Statewide Transportation Planning Program.

At the heart of the regional transportation program is the review/evaluation, and prioritization of unscheduled highway, bikeway, pedestrian, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) needs at the local and regional level. The Regional Transportation Committee plays a significant part in this process.

Other transportation activities include Intermediate Planning Studies, Environmental Justice Reports, corridor planning and consensus building efforts for potentially sensitive projects.

Transportation Safety

Mock Fatality

Use Seatbelts and Car seats

The ADD is working in partnership with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Department of Transportation Safety in a Highway Safety Program; a regional effort to reduce fatalities, injuries, and economic losses relating to the traffic collisions in the district. Key activities include a Regional Transportation Safety Committee, various Emphasis Area Task Teams, Seat Belt Usage Surveys and a multitude of highway safety events and activities throughout the region.

2008 Recommended Highway Plan

The 2008 Recommended Highway Plan contains all proposed Kentucky transportation projects through 2014.

The recommended plan anticipates that $5.3 billion in state and federal funding will be available over the upcoming six-year period - &1.03 billion less than the basis for the last plan, which was issued in 2006. The new plan anticipates "zero dollars" for new, state-funded projects until late in fiscal 2010.

The recommended plan contains a few new projects, including improvements needed to keep Kentucky's commitments to the World Equestrian Games, to be held in Lexington in 2010, and to accommodate a major enhancement of Fort Knox, soon to be the home of the Army's worldwide personnel management command.

The plan will be reviewd by the legislation and revisions may occur.

Contact

Bruce Duncan – Manager, Transportation Planning
699 Perimeter Drive
Lexington, KY 40517
(859) 269-8021
(859) 269-7917 (FAX)
bduncan@bgadd.org

Eric Walsh – Transportation Safety Coordinator
699 Perimeter Drive
Lexington, KY 40517
(859) 269-8021
(859) 269-7917 (FAX)
ewalsh@bgadd.org

David Duttlinger – Director Department of Community and Economic Development
699 Perimeter Drive
Lexington, KY 40517
(859) 269-8021
(859) 269-7917 (FAX)
dduttlinger@bgadd.org