Last week's heavy rainfall is still impacting travel in many sections of Kentucky. The forecast of additional rain this week only serves to complicate the situation. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Spokesman Chuck Wolfe says sections of four roads and four bridges remain washed out. "Any time something like that happens, it obviously has a bad effect on people who may depend upon that roadway to get back and forth between home and work or school or whatever," said Wolfe.
Wolfe says more than 50 roads remained closed Tuesday due to high water conditions. He says it could be months before all flood related repairs are made to the affected roads across the state.
Wolfe says that likely means putting on hold some new construction projects. "When you have roadways washed out or bridges washed out, they're gonna have to be repaired,” he said. “They're gonna have to be replaced. The money's gonna have to come from somewhere."
Wolfe says although the state legislature took action to stabilize losses to the state's road fund, the transportation cabinet will still see a $165 million drop in available funds in the current budget.?
