Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XV. Roads, Waterways, and Aviation § 176.243.Cabinet to establish LARP application procedures; annual submission of evaluated project requests; General Assembly to make final determination for LARP grants

(1)(a) The cabinet shall establish procedures by which a city or county may make application for portions of county roads, streets, and urban roads in its jurisdiction to be considered for grants from the LARP.

(b) A city or county may submit to the cabinet for consideration for the LARP only those rehabilitation projects that bring the road or street back to its original condition and shall not submit projects that increase capacity or involve other improvements over the original design of the road.

(c) The maximum amount of funding that a city or county may receive for any individual project under a LARP grant is five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

(d) Beginning on June 1 of each year, a city or county may submit projects for consideration for LARP grants to the cabinet in advance of each regular session of the General Assembly. In order to be considered for funding during a regular session of the General Assembly, the submission shall be made by October 1 of the preceding year. A project submitted in a previous year that was not selected shall be resubmitted under a new application in order to be considered in a future year.

(a) Review the project to ensure it meets the requirements of subsection (1)(b) of this section; and

(b) Evaluate the project in accordance with KRS 176.245 within thirty (30) days of the submission of the application.

(a) The name of the city or county responsible for maintaining the road or street;

(b) A unique project identification number;

(c) The route and highway district where the project is located;

(d) The length of the project to the nearest one-tenth (1/10) of a mile;

(e) A description of the project and the scope of rehabilitation;

(f) The score assigned by the highway district for the project;

(g) A narrative description of the reasoning for the numerical score assigned under paragraph (f) of this subsection;

(h) Photographs of the project area showing the scope of work, with at least one (1) photograph of every three hundred (300) feet of roadway; and

(i) The estimated cost to complete the project.