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A
Thank
you,
members
for
being
present
today.
I
know
we
have
some
members
who
have
some
conflicting
meetings,
but
we'll
go
ahead
and
get
started.
We
have
three
items
on
the
agenda.
It
looks
like
secretary
gray,
you
are
on
all
three
and
so
what
we'll
do
is
start
off
with
the
Brent
Spence
bridge
and
then
I
know
you.
We
can
just
kind
of
flow
right
into
one
to
the
next.
If
that's,
okay
with
you
I,
know,
you've
gotten
you're
kind
of
time
constraint.
Well,.
C
We're
in
good
shape.
Thank
you,
sir.
First
things.
First,
we
want
to
congratulate
you
for
your
role
and
I
understand.
This
is
the
first
first
meeting,
so
congratulations
thank
you,
Mr,
chairman
and
and
thanks
to
all
the
members
of
the
of
the
committee
for
joining
us
today.
C
We
do
have
a
lot
to
cover
today
and
first
and
and
first
thing,
I
want
to
do.
Beyond.
Congratulating
the
chair
and
and
saying
hello
to
everyone
on
the
committee
is
to
recognize
the
folks
who
are
with
me
today.
I've
learned
in
the
last
few
months
in
this
job
put
the
word
SME
or
what
the
acronyms
me
stands
for.
Subject
matter:
experts
as
John
Moore,
who
I'm
going
to
introduce
here
in
a
minute,
says
he
is
referred
to
as
the
head
explainer.
C
So
you
all
understand.
If
I
need
to
search
for
help,
then
we've
got
it
right
behind
us,
beginning
with
deputy
secretary
former
Secretary.
Of
course,
many
of
you
all
know:
Mike
Hancock
and
James
Ballinger
is
our
state
highway
engineer,
Jason,
sawala,
Deputy,
State,
Highway,
engineer,
Jason,
hold
your
hand
up,
John,
Moore,
Deputy,
State,
Highway
engineer
and
Randy
feltner.
Who
is
our
subject
matter
expert
for
all
things,
weather
related,
inclement,
weather,
snow
and
ice?
C
But
I
am
thankful
for
for
their
contributions.
All
across
the
the
Commonwealth
in
every
County
of
the
state,
so
we're
going
to
talk
today,
as
the
chairman
said,
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
cover
several
topics.
It's
and
we
hope
that
we
can
cover
that
in
the
time
that
you
all
have
allocated
an
hour
or
perhaps
maybe
edging
into
that
a
little
bit
more
but
we'll
get
close.
The
Brent,
Spence
Bridge
Corridor
project,
Kentucky
transportation,
cabinet
operations
and
the
Kentucky
transportation
cabinet
rolls
in
snow
and
ice
and
all
weather
or
disaster
emergencies.
C
I
sometimes
refer
to
the
cap
in
the
in
the
time
that
I've
been
here,
I've
learned
that
this
cabinet
has
incredible
adaptive,
capabilities
and
I
sometimes
refer
to
it
as
operations
and
operations,
backbone
of
state
government,
as
I
said,
because
we
we
have.
As
you
all
know,
we
have
operations
in
every
single
county
in
the
state
and
that
provides
a
real
Touchstone.
Then,
when
it
comes
to
First
responding
a
first
responding
of
in
a
significant
way
occurred
a
little
over
two
years
ago,
and
that
allows
me
to
introduce
Stacy
hands.
C
She
is
the
project
manager
for
the
Brent
Spence
Bridge
Corridor
project,
and
she
has
quite
a
history
with
the
Brent
Spence
Bridge
she's
been
the
project
manager
for
a
number
of
years.
Now
and
more
recently,
she
was
the
overall
coordinator
for
the
emergency
repair
project
that
resulted
after
the
fire
in
November
of
2020..
C
That
was
a
41
Day
project
could
have
been
longer
under
her
leadership
and
with
a
great
team
behind
her
all
pulling
together.
The
Brent
Spence
reopened
after
in
just
41
days,
ahead
of
schedule
and
significantly
under
the
original
budget,
now
we're
in
an
exciting
new
phase
in
which
the
long-awaited
corridor
project
is
getting
off
the
drawing
board
and
we
have
a
visible
path
to
Construction.
C
Stacy
will
tell
you
all
about
it,
but
first
governor
Bashir
asked
me
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
the
members
of
the
general
assembly
for
appropriating
the
250
million
dollar
general
funds
to
help
us
secure
the
1.6
billion
in
federal
grants
that
President
Biden
announced
in
January
the
largest
single
infrastructure
Grant
in
U.S
history,
that
one
250
million
that
the
legislature,
the
general
assembly,
approved
what
it
did
was
it
actually.
It
sweetened
our
offer
of
matching
funds.
C
It
demonstrated
an
extraordinary
bipartisan
commitment
after
many
years
of
delay
and
uncertainly
uncertainty
to
carrying
out
the
Bi-State
rents
fence
quarter
project.
So
your
appropriation
was
pivotal.
The
governor
wanted
to
make
asked
me
to
make
a
special
point
of
that.
It
was
a
deal
maker
so
now
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Stacy,
whose
title
is
executive
executive
advisor
in
the
Office
of
the
State
Highway
engineer.
She
is
based
in
our
district
Highway
office
in
Covington,
so
Stacy
you
got
it.
D
Yes,
sir
I
apologize,
my
name
is
Stacy
hands
and
I
am
the
Brent
Spence
Bridge
Kentucky
project
manager
I'm
an
executive
advisor
out
of
the
state
highway
Engineers
office
all
right.
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
would
also
like
to
thank
secretary
gray
for
that
introduction,
but
also
to
Echo
his
sentiment,
both
from
secretary
gray
and
from
the
governor,
and
to
thank
the
general
assembly
for
their
investment
in
this
critical
piece
of
infrastructure
that
not
only
serves
Northern
Kentucky
but
for
the
economic
growth
and
the
Vitality
of
the
entire
State.
D
I,
truly
believe
that
the
local
match
that
we
were
able
to
demonstrate
in
our
grant
applications
was
certainly
the
pivotal
and
turning
point
and
that
provided
that
much
needed
Edge
for
a
very
competitive
application
pool.
Can
you
feel
good
Advanced
next
couple
of
that's
an
on-site
picture
from
the
brand
Spence
Bridge
repair
project
from
2020,
but
we'll
go
into
the
next
one.
D
Discretionary
Grant
and
1.385
billion
in
the
from
the
bridge
investment
program
within
the
application
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
we
we
requested
the
maximum
amount
per
the
grant
criteria
and
which
was
1.66
billion,
and
so
we
received
with
the
award
of
1.385
billion
we
received
over
98
of
our
ask
if
anyone
in
this
room
has
ever
written
a
grant
to
be
able
to
receive.
98
of
your
ask
is
an
amazing
accomplishment
from
the
project
team.
D
This
picture
actually
demonstrates
the
bipartisan
State
and
National
support
for
the
prince
fence,
Bridge
Corridor
project
during
the
grant
announcement
festivities
that
were
held
on
the
banks
of
the
Ohio
river
in
Covington
Kentucky
on
January
4th.
You
can
see
the
the
gentleman
that
spoke
at
that
includes
President
Joe,
Biden,
Senator,
Mitch,
McConnell,
Senators,
Rob,
Portman
and
Jared
Brown
from
Ohio,
as
well
as
Governor,
Andy,
beshear
and
Governor
Mike
dewine.
D
I
do
want
to
give
just
a
brief
project
overview
you'll,
see
on
the
screen
in
front
of
you
that
the
prince
fence,
Bridge
Corridor,
we
often
in
the
beginning,
refer
to
it
as
the
Brent
Spence,
Bridge
Project,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
make
the
deliberate
effort
to
note
that
it
is
a
corridor
project
comprised
of
eight
miles
from
the
Western
Hills
Viaduct
interchange
in
Ohio
to
the
Dixie
Highway
interchange
in
Kentucky.
That
includes
five
miles
of
I-71
and
I-75
in
Kentucky.
D
The
project
consists
of
a
new
companion
Bridge
immediately
to
the
west
of
the
existing
Spence
Bridge.
The
new
structure
will
also
be
a
double
deck
structure,
which
mirrors
the
existing
Spence
bridge
and
the
companion
bridge
will
carry
all
of
the
interstate
traffic,
so
all
of
I-71
and
I-75
containing
five
Lanes
in
each
Direction.
However,
unlike
the
existing
Brent
Spence
Bridge
Northbound
traffic
will
be
on
the
top
deck
of
the
companion
bridge
in
the
southbound
traffic
will
be
on
the
bot
bottom
deck.
D
I
would
also
like
to
point
out
that
the
existing
Brent
Spence
bridge
will
stay
in
use
during
the
future
of
the
project
and
in
future
configuration
it
will
be
used
to
carry
local
traffic
going
to
or
from
the
Covington
or
downtown
Cincinnati
area,
and
with
this
project,
the
existing
brand
Spence
bridge
will
be
rehabilitated
with
a
deck
replacement
and
needed
steel
repairs,
and
it
will
be
reconfigured.
I
think
this
is
a
key
component
of
the
project
we
all
if
you've
driven
it.
D
Also
throughout
the
corridor.
The
interstate
will
be
reconstructed,
adding
one
lane,
one
lane
of
Interstate
in
each
Direction
and
The
interchanges
will
be
reconfigured
in
Kentucky.
That
includes
the
Covington
exits
near
the
river,
as
well
as
the
Dixie
Highway
interchange
and
the
Kyles
Lane
interchanges
and
the
last
bullet
there
is
the
estimated
Construction
contract
is
currently
3.6
billion,
all
right.
D
So
for
those
of
you
that
haven't
been
following
the
project
for
the
last
almost
two
decades,
let's
go
into
a
little
quick
history
of
how
we
got
to
where
we
are
now
in
2004,
ODOT
and
kytc
began
the
Brent
Spence
Bridge
Corridor
project.
We
began
evaluating
ways
to
study
and
improve
I-71
and
I-75
in
Kentucky
and
Ohio,
including
the
bottleneck
infamously
known
as
the
Brent
Spence
Bridge.
This
was
known
as
the
engineering
feasibility
study
and
then
through
a
series
of
preliminary
engineering
and
planning
studies.
D
The
project
team
delivered
and
developed
several
potential
alternatives
for
improving
the
corridor
between
the
Alternatives
and
then
the
sub
Alternatives.
We
evaluated
over
25
variations
to
prove
to
provide
improvements
to
this
Corridor.
We
you
can
see
in
that
time
frame.
We
also
completed
preliminary
engineering
and
evaluated
the
impacts
of
each
of
the
main
Alternatives.
At
this
time,
the
Engineering
Process
and
the
environmental
process
was
running
in
parallel.
D
We
also
held
several
public
meetings
to
gather
feedback
on
the
Alternatives
from
the
public,
and
this
whole
process
culminated
in
the
development
of
an
environmental
assessment
and
a
Fonzi.
You
see
on
the
screen
that
2012
date,
the
eea
is
the
environmental
assessment
and
it
compared
the
benefits
and
impacts
of
the
Alternatives
and
made
the
recommendation
of
a
preferred
alternative
to
move
forward
in
detailed
design
and
construction
from
a
project
perspective.
D
We
were
very
fortunate
that,
from
an
engineering
perspective
and
from
an
environmental
and
impacts
perspective,
both
of
those
venues
pointed
towards
what
we
called
alternative
eye.
So
we
were
going
in
the
same
direction
and
then,
after
reviewing
the
EA
and
Gathering,
some
more
feedback
from
the
public
hearings.
D
The
Federal
Highway
Administration
issued
a
decision
called
a
Fonzie
or
a
finding
of
no
significant
impact
that
shows
up
as
a
Fonzie
on
the
screen,
which
marked
the
formal
approval
of
the
project
and
allowed
the
preferred
alternative,
as
I
mentioned,
alternative
I
to
move
forward
into
the
next
stage
of
design.
D
Then,
since
the
approval
of
those
documents
in
2012,
the
project
team
has
been
studying
ways
to
improve
the
design,
simplify
the
construction,
reduce
costs,
reduce
impacts
and
incorporate
additional
enhancements
into
the
project.
On
this
slide,
it
shows
that
there
was
the
property
acquisition
between
the
2012-2020
time
frame.
However,
that
acquisition
began
on
the
Ohio
side
of
the
river,
the
Kentucky
side
of
the
project.
D
We
began
our
right-of-way
acquisition
just
this
past
year
and
through
that
process,
and
taking
a
more
detailed
look
at
the
plans
that
we
had
in
front
of
us,
we
were
able
to
look
at
opportunities
to
reduce
those
impacts
through
the
use
of
engineering
such
as
retaining
walls.
We
went
from
approximately
40
relocations
and
I,
say
approximately,
because
some
of
those
relocations
were
actually
apartment
buildings,
so
that
is
a
very
low
estimate.
D
So
we
went
from
over
40
relocations
on
the
Kentucky
portion
of
the
project
to
now
four,
so
we
were
able
to
significantly
reduce
those
impacts,
and
a
lot
of
that
was
actually
done
through
looking
at
options
for
how
the
the
lanes
were
configured
configured
on
the
bridge
through
those
detailed
analysis.
Once
again,
those
refinements
cost
impact
reductions
list
led
to
a
modification
of
the
existing
preferred
alternative
I,
which
was
the
development
of
concept
IW.
D
One
of
the
most
notable
changes
of
concept
IW
is
actually
the
width
of
the
bridge,
so
the
bridge
because
of
reconfiguring
those
Lanes,
we
were
able
to
go
from
170
foot
wide
bridge
to
just
under
110
feet.
So
when
you're
talking
about
a
double
deck
structure,
reduction
in
60
feet
is
a
significant
cost
and
impact
reduction,
and
then,
of
course,
the
last
slide
or
the
last
bullet
on
that
slide
shows
the
grand
announcement
that
we
were
just
able
to
celebrate
at
the
end
of
the
last
year
and
the
beginning
of
this
year.
D
So
the
next
series
of
slides
that
I
have
I'm
a
very
visual
person.
So
these
are
a
couple
of
the
renderings
that
show
the
opportunities
that
we
have
for
the
companion
Bridge,
as
well
as
the
rehabilitation
of
the
existing
Spence
Bridge.
So
this
bridge
shows
what
the
companion
bridge,
if
you
can
see
the
arch
bridge
to
the
left
of
the
screen,
the
existing
Brent
Spence
bridge-
is
that
the
trust
the
truss
Bridge
immediately
in
the
middle
of
the
screen.
This
shows
the
Vantage
from
the
Covington
area.
D
If
you're
familiar
with
Covington,
you
see
the
Radisson
or
the
the
the
restaurants
immediately
to
the
adjacent
to
the
roadway
and
I
will
say
that.
Please
know
that
I
have
shown
an
arch
bridge
and
you'll
see
more
in
the
future
slides
that
is
just
one
of
the
bridge
types
that's
still
being
considered.
That
decision
will
be
made
in
conjunction
with
the
design,
build
team.
D
This
is
just
another
advantage
of
that
same
rendering
or
that
same
depiction.
This
is
looking
at
the
this
is
actually
looking
at
the
Covington
side
of
the
river.
On
your
right
hand,
side,
the
green
space
is
the
devou
Park
area.
Once
again
you
see
the
Radisson
Hotel
like
I
said.
This
is
just
one
of
the
bridge
types
that
is
still
being
considered
and
if
you'll
flip
to
the
next
one
Kenny,
the
other
type
that
is
still
open
for
consideration,
is
a
cable
stay.
This
shows
a
two
Tower
cable
stay.
D
Certainly,
that
is
one
of
the
parameters
that
is
being
presented
to
the
design,
build
team,
but
certainly
open
for
discussion
and
before
we
flip
to
the
next
slide.
Sorry
I
wanted
to
catch
you.
The
next
slide
shows
a
fly
through
animation
and
then,
as
it
goes
through
the
fly
through
animation,
we
will
start
at
the
southern
Termini
of
the
project,
so
we
will
start
it
just
south
of
the
Dixie
Highway
interchange
and
move
forward
and
move
north
into
Ohio
as
we're
going
through.
D
It
I
will
point
out
some
of
the
key
landmarks,
but
it
it's
about
a
minute
and
a
half,
and
please,
if
you
have
any
questions,
just
let
me
know
all
right.
So
here
we
go
from
the
Dixie
Highway
interchange
you'll,
see
that
we
are
heading
north
into
the
area
we
are
coming
up
on.
The
Kyle's
Lane
interchange,
Kyle's
line
interchange
is
where
we
add
Lanes
to
the
existing
bridge
to
the
left.
You'll
see
the
noise
walls
and
we
just
passed
Notre
Dame
Academy.
D
Now
we
are
going
down,
you'll
see
the
terraced
area,
St
Elizabeth
Hospital.
This
is
going
down
the
area
that
we
call
the
cut
in
the
hill
you'll
notice
that
within
this
area,
some
of
those
demarcations
are
actually
noise
walls
that
came
out
of
conversations
in
our
conversations
with
the
communities
and
our
analysis
for
the
noise
for
the
project.
Obviously,
this
is
taking
us
on
the
companion
Bridge.
You
see
that
there's
five
Lanes
on
that
companion
bridge
two
split
off
to
71
three
stay
on
75.
D
we've
just
passed
the
connection
to
Second
Street
in
Cincinnati,
as
well
as
the
fifth
sixth
and
seventh
overpasses
once
again
coming
to
eighth
and
then
Lynn
Street,
once
again,
another
overpass
that
would
be
modified
if
you're
used
to
or
if
you're
familiar
going
to,
Union
Terminal
or
to
the
new
soccer
stadium.
There's
a
direct
exit
to
Ezra
Charles,
which
we
just
passed
and
we're
very
quickly
coming
up
on
Ben
Street,
Finley,
Street,
Bank
Street,
and
at
the
top
of
your
screen.
That
right
now
is
the
Western
Hills
Viaduct.
D
All
right,
we
just
have
one
more
slot,
a
couple
more
slides.
Actually,
so
we
wanted
to
point
out
the
diversity
and
the
intentional
diversity
and
inclusion
for
this
project.
We've
already
held
multiple
meetings
three
to
date,
and
we
continue
to
have
one
scheduled
for
next
week.
Actually,
the
beginning
of
March,
the
project
team
has
developed
the
project
and
the
project
advisory
committee
for
the
diversity
inclusion
committee
has
developed
a
diversity
and
inclusion
plan
and
we
continue
to
work
to
develop
a
Workforce
Development
plan.
I.
D
Think
it's
important
to
note
that
the
opportunity
for
this
Workforce
Development
on
this
particular
project
is
something
that
we
have
heard
from
multiple
different
resources.
How
important
and
how
significant
it
is
not
only
due
to
the
opportunities
for
the
local
local
Workforce,
but
also
for
the
duration
of
the
project.
They
have
the
opportunity
to
come
out
a
regional
institutions
such
as
Gateway
and
start
working
on
the
project
as
an
apprentice
and
work
all
of
the
way
up
and
as
establish
a
career
and
develop
themselves
and
set
themselves
up
for
a
livelihood.
D
So
I
think
that's
important
to
note
and
then,
as
if
you'll
continue,
Kenny
I
just
wanted
to
provide
a
brief
schedule
of
where
we
have
been
just
recently
and
where
we
hope
to
be
in
the
near
very
near
future.
Late
last
year
we
held
neighborhood
Outreach
meetings.
At
the
request
of
fhwa.
We
did
Engage
The
Local
neighborhoods,
immediately
adjacent
to
the
Brent
Spence
bridge
and
in
Kentucky
we
held
in
Project
wide,
but
in
Kentucky
that
meant
10
individual
neighborhood
meetings,
as
well
as
large
neighborhood
meetings,
significant
accomplishments,
you'll
see
there
in
February
of
2023.
D
We
released
the
request
for
proposals
for
that
design,
build
team
or
request
for
qualifications.
That
final
version
went
out
late
last
Friday,
with
an
anticipation
of
an
announcement
of
a
design
build
team
in
May
of
this
year.
If
we
consider
continue
along
the
environmental
path,
we're
hoping
to
have
public
hearings
for
that
supplemental
environmental
assessment
in
the
July
and
August
time
period
period
with
it
being
finalized
in
October,
which
will
allow
us
to
have
a
project
groundbreaking
in
November
of
this
year,
with
substantial
construction
beginning
in
2024
and
Lasting
through
2029.
D
If
there's
nothing
else,
I
would,
if
you're
interested
in
the
project,
I'd
like
to
put
a
little
plug
in
for
the
project
website,
which
is
Brent
Spence,
bridge
corridor.com,
and
once
you
are
on
the
website.
If
you'd
like
to
stay
up
to
date
on
the
project,
there
is
the
opportunity
to
sign
up
for
project
ease
news
e-newsletters,
which
we
tried
to
distribute
on
a
quarterly
basis.
A
Thank
you
Stacy,
it's
obviously
an
impressive
feat
not
only
to
get
the
the
grant,
but
just
the
you
know,
looking
at
the
project
itself,
it's
it's
massive
and,
and
it's
going
to
be
a
staple
in
Kentucky
for
a
long
time
to
come,
I
did
have
a
request.
The
video
is
that
something
that
you
all
can
email
to.
The
members.
F
C
C
C
Here's
some
of
the
numbers,
our
yearly
budget,
is
roughly
3.8
billion
4130
employees.
It
should
be
remembered
that
this
is
almost
half
of
what
the
highest
peak
in
in
the
transportation
cabinet
number
of
employees
were.
It
was
more
than
eight
thousand,
and
it
wasn't
that.
Many
years
ago,
1.2
billion
in
annual
construction
contracts
were
awarded
in
2022.
That
was
the
second
year
of
more
than
a
billion
in
lettings,
which
is
of
course,
significant
and
to
put
it
in
perspective
as
well.
C
A
thousand
five
hundred
and
thirty
nine
active
construction
contracts
are
underway
in
some
at
some
phase
or
another
according
to
and
inconsistent
with
the
road
plan
next
slide.
King
again,
this
is
some
of
our.
These
are
our
roads
and
bridges
numbers.
We
have
the
more
than
9
000
state-owned
Bridges,
the
seventh
largest
bridge
Network
in
the
United
States,
the
eighth
largest
pavement
Network
in
the
U.S,
with
64
000
Lane
miles
of
payment.
C
C
We
have
now,
let
me
tell
you
about
the
numbers
alone.
What
the
numbers
alone
cannot
tell
you,
the
transportation
cabinet
I
said
it
earlier
is
in
many
respects
the
logistics
backbone
of
state
government,
with
maintenance
facilities
in
all
120
counties,
experienced
Crews
and
heavy
equipment
in
all
120
counties.
Our
folks
can
and
do
respond
quickly
in
all
kinds
of
weather
and
in
times
of
disaster,
the
transportation
cabinet
is
among
the
first
of
the
First
Responders
think
about
it.
C
They
even
transported
food,
water
equipment
and
emergency
supplies.
I'll
have
more
to
say
about
that
in
a
minute,
and
this
next
slide
just
a
collage
of
workers.
We
could
easily
make
an
entire
slide
show
all
we
could
show
all
of
the
activities
of
the
Department
of
Highways.
A
slide
show
show
all
of
the
activities.
This
slide
just
gives
a
sampling
of
that
work
from
from
top
left,
25
000
highway,
light
fixtures
to
maintain
pothole
patching.
C
C
Our
snow
and
ice
preparation
begins
long
before
the
weather
turns
cold.
I,
introduce
you
to
Randy
feltner
earlier
Randy
leads
that
effort
she's
remarkable
along
with
her
team.
We
are
preparing
In,
the
Heat
of
the
summer,
our
operators
practice
with
the
trucks
and
plows
and
end
loaders
and
other
equipment.
In
the
summer.
Our
crews
and
mechanics
are
checking
and
servicing
Equipment
Salt
and
other
supplies
have
been
stockpiled
and
we
work
to
be
as
prepared
as
possible
when
snow
and
ice
arrive.
C
C
C
The
operator
has
to
know
how
much
material
to
place
on
the
road
according
to
surface
temperature
and
air
temperature,
both
of
which
are
displayed
on
the
screen.
Think
about
that
look
at
that
so
I
think
when,
when
I
saw
one
of
these
pieces
of
equipment,
I
was
incredibly
impressed
and
think
about
the
operators,
how
impressive
they
must
be.
C
There's
a
camera
monitoring
system
on
the
dash
with
cameras
placed
at
the
side
and
rear
of
the
truck,
giving
the
operator
views
from
both
angles
and
the
device
placed
on
the
center
of
the
windshield
is
a
mobile
eye
device.
That's
an
advanced
driver
assistance
system.
It
gives
warnings
about
Lane
departure
and
potential
front-end
Collision
risks
next
Lab
Kenny,
so
keeping
our
roadways
clear
often
requires
more
than
pre-treating
salting
and
plowing.
It
requires
calls
for
cutting
through
debris,
so
our
crews
also
carry
chainsaws.
C
This
next
slide
is
a
shot
from
inside
one
of
our
salt
domes
in
the
Covington
in
the
district.
Six
Northern
Kentucky
Highway
District,
we'll
begin
the
season
with
a
full
stockpile
of
something
over
three
hundred
thousand
tons
of
salt,
and
that's
what
our
salt
domes
can
hold.
That's
what
our
salt
domes
all
together
can
hold
at
one
time,
we'll
also
make
a
million
gallons
of
brine,
which
we
use
to
pre-treat
roadways
when
weather
permits.
We
make
that
material
available.
C
We
also
maintain
about
a
million
gallons
of
calcium
chloride,
which
is
added
to
the
Salt
to
help
it
melt,
of
course,
more
efficiently.
Salt
by
itself,
as
you
know,
loses
most
of
its
Effectiveness
when
temperatures
get
well
below
freezing
the
next
slide
illustrates
that
we
will
begin
the
winter
with
a
fleet
of
about
1365
plow
trucks.
That's
the
state
equipment.
On
top
of
that,
you've
got
the
county
equipment.
On
top
of
that,
you've
got
our
outsourced,
Contractors
Equipment
about
a
thousand
of
these.
C
C
The
next
slide
is
basically
just
to
say
that
our
crews
pay
particular
attention
to
drainage
structures,
ditching
work
and
Culvert
and
pipe
maintenance
is
so
important
to
prevent
flooding
from
becoming
more
severe.
The
photo
on
the
right
was
taken
was
not
taken
during
the
flooding
of
last
July.
It
was
taken
during
the
previous
spring.
C
The
point
is
that
extreme
weather
unfortunately
has
become
rather
commonplace.
Floods
like
this
can
no
longer
be
considered
just
unusual
or
freak
occurrences
next
slide,
Kenny,
of
course,
one
of
the
most
important
things
you
can
do
to
help
folks
out
and
put
their
lives
back
together
after
a
natural
disaster
is
to
remove
the
debris
from
a
storm
that
a
storm
leaves
in
its
wake.
The
cabinet,
because
of
our
experience
in
administering
large
contracts,
was
put
in
charge
of
debris
removal
and
we
contracted
for
that
service.
C
This
picture
of
debris
collection
was
taken
in
downtown
Whitesburg
just
a
few
days
after
the
flood,
all
together,
almost
500
000
tons
of
debris
was
collected
and
removed
from
State
and
County
rights
of
way
and
from
615
miles
of
creeks
and
streams
in
the
flood
disaster
counties.
On
top
of
that,
thousands
more
tons
were
taken
by
residents
themselves
to
community
drop-offs,
we're
now
in
the
early
stages
of
the
next
phase
of
debris.
Cleanup.
C
It
involves
going
on
to
private
property,
at
the
request
of
the
property
owner
to
collect
eligible
debris
that
could
not
be
removed
to
the
right-of-way
next
slide,
Kenny
one
of
the
most
urgent
issues
that
we
dealt
with
in
Eastern
Kentucky.
Of
course
was
the
number
of
bridges
that
were
damaged
or
destroyed.
C
So
far
we
have
We
have
replaced
33,
Bridges
and
19.
Others
have
been
repaired,
so
that's
where
roughly
we
are
getting
to
the
halfway
mark
in
terms
of
the
total
number
of
those
requiring
replacement
or
deck
replacement
or
deck
replacement.
So
this
slide
shows
one
example
on
the
left.
You
see
tremendous
damage
to
the
chavies
school
Road
in
Perry
County
and
the
destroyed
bridge
over
Grapevine
Creek.
C
The
photo
on
the
right
was
taken
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
when
Governor
beshear
visited
the
new
bridge
on
Grapevine
Creek
the
next
slide.
This
is
an
example
from
not
counting.
This
was
a
county-owned
bridge
on
the
left.
You
see
how
residents
actually
had
to
do
their
own
method.
They
put
a
bridge
foot
Bridge
together
to
get
to
the
highway.
On
the
other
side,
that
was
a
quick
remedy,
a
fast
remedy,
but
on
the
right
you
see
a
new,
nearly
completed
concrete
replacement,
Bridge.
C
C
C
C
Now
earlier,
I
referred
to
what
the
transportation
cabinet
really
represents,
in
terms
of
it
being
a
logistics
backbone,
an
operations
backbone
of
state
government
in
both
Western
Kentucky
and
Eastern
Kentucky,
our
cabinet
transported
water
meals
and
other
emergency
supplies.
We
set
up
a
portable
driver's
licensing
and
real
ID
issuance
stations
for
those
who'd
lost
critical
credentials.
C
This
shows
the
travel
trailers.
This
is
a
critical
mission
of
the
transportation
cabinet.
It
was
done
in
both
Western
Kentucky
and
in
Eastern
Kentucky,
and
at
the
peak
of
this
mission
in
Eastern
Kentucky,
we
have
had
325
families,
families.
Now
that's
more
than
one
person
in
travel,
trailers
or
currently
286
trailers
of
which
218
are
occupied
and
in
Western
Kentucky.
We
currently,
we
still
have
13
trailers.
C
At
one
point
there
were
120
I
want
to
make
a
special
point
of
commending
our
chief
District
engineer,
Kyle
Pope
in
District
One
in
Paducah,
who
led
the
effort
both
both
in
Western
Kentucky
and
in
Eastern
Kentucky
under
the
leadership
of
Jason
sawala.
Our
deputy
State
Highway
engineer
who's
here
with
us
today
in
East
in
Western,
Kentucky
and
John
Moore,
our
Deputy
State
Highway
engineer,
who
works
for
both
who
work
for
James
Ballinger,
with
James
Ballinger
in
the
State
Highway
Engineer's
Office.
C
Immediately
after
just
after
the
tornado
outbreak
in
Western,
Kentucky
Kyle
and
several
members
of
his
team
took
on
the
task
of
transporting
and
installing
the
emergency
travel
trailers
and
in
the
wake
of
the
floods,
Kyle
Pope
came
from
Paducah
to
do
the
same
job
in
Eastern
Kentucky.
He
had
with
him
four
others
from
his
team
in
district.
One
and
I
want
to
just
point
them
out:
I
want
to
name
them:
Austin,
Hart,
Jason,
Looper,
Everett,
Wilson
and
Chris
Coons.
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C
C
That's
the
end
of
my
slides,
Mr
chair
and
we're
we're
here
to
to
take
any
comments
or
any
any
questions
that
anyone
may
have
for
us
or
any
suggestions.
Any
good
ideas.
G
First
of
all,
Mr
secretary
I,
want
to
say
how
proud
I
am
of
the
transportation
cabin
in
Eastern
Kentucky,
for
what
you've
done
in
a
quick
manner.
G
Out
of
all
the
cabinets,
Mr
chairman
that
I've
had
experience
with
Transportation
has
always
been
immediate
return
and
very
attentive
to
our
needs
in
Eastern
Kentucky,
mostly
in
my
district.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
and
if
you
happen
to
have
any
more
discretionary
funds,
we
can
talk,
but
after
I
said
I'm
just
I'm
just
kidding
they're.
C
G
Thank
you
so
much
for
for
the
effort
that's
been
put
into
Eastern
Kentucky.
Thank.
H
Thank
you.
Yes,
as
someone
who
lives
in
Eastern,
Kentucky
I
do
also
want
to
say.
Thank
you
very
much.
Another
thing
that
I've
that
I've,
seen
firsthand
and
I
noticed
wasn't
in
your
picture
and
I
thought
I
would
bring
it
to
light
here.
Is
you
know,
we've
seen
an
increase
in
things
such
as
rock
slides.
H
You
know
in
Eastern
Kentucky
a
lot
of
times.
We
have
places,
we
call
cut
throughs,
you
know.
Basically,
we
we
cut
through
the
mountain
and
the
highway
goes
straight
through
the
center
and
recently
in
Eastern
Kentucky.
H
It
seems
like,
since
all
the
rain
and
the
flooding
you
know,
rocks
just
seem
to
be
sliding
and
they
seem
to
be
falling
off
into
the
highways
and
I
could
have
given
you
some
pretty
incredible
pictures
of
the
rocks
that
we've
had
fall
into
our
Highway
systems
in
Eastern,
Kentucky
and
recently
I've
seen
a
lot
of
work
being
done
by
the
transportation
department
to
clear
those.
You
know.
H
First
of
all,
our
First
Responders
in
our
transportation
department
get
into
those
highways
to
make
sure
that
no
one
gets
injured
while
those
rocks
are
there,
but
but
our
transport
Department.
You
know
I,
never
realized
what
dangerous
work.
It
was
to
clear
away
a
rock
slide
because
you're
working
on
that
mountain
and
you
have
other
loose
rocks
at
the
top,
and
you
have
these
workers
at
the
bottom,
who
are
trying
to
keep
traffic
safe
and
trying
to
keep
themselves
safe.
H
C
C
He
was
James
was
a
Chief
District
engineer
when
I
was
mayor
in
Lexington
in
in
District
Seven,
and
so
that's
where
we
got
to
know
each
other,
but
he's
a
native
of
Rock,
Castle
County,
and
so
he
knows
well
and
he's
been
he's
been
on
on
top
of
these
on
top
of
these
issues,
but
you
expressed
it
well
James.
You
want
to
add
anything.
E
James
Ballinger,
State,
Highway,
engineer
and
I
do
agree,
and
we
appreciate
those
comments.
Thank
you.
Our
guys
do
work
really
hard
and
some
very
difficult
conditions,
though
clearing
the
roadways
dealing
with
flooding
and
The
Rock
slides,
and
we
are
looking
at
some
of
those
locations
throughout
Eastern
Kentucky,
currently
to
prioritize
and
and
to
try
to
identify
some
opportunity
to
to
mitigate
some
of
those.
So
we
don't
have
those
future
impacts
in
those
slides.
So
thank
you
for
the
comments.
I
First
thing
I'd
like
to
say,
is,
is
I'm
sitting
here
today
through
the
fact
that
I
started
out
as
a
staff
Appraiser
for
the
highway
department
in
1989.,
I
spent
many
years
doing
that,
and
so
got
taught
very
well
how
to
how
to
do
a
job
that
affected
a
lot
of
people
over
the
state
and
I
appreciate
all
you
all
do
back
to
the
Ben
Springs
project,
I,
relocated,
a
lot
of
properties
and
knocking
that
down
from
40
down
to
four
is
a
wonderful
feat,
appreciate
y'all
working
with
the
people
and
listening
to
people
putting
up
the
necessary
structures
so
that
you
don't
have
to
take
any
more
property
than
you
have
to
have.
I
I
C
We've
we're
close
to
50
out
of
the
100
that
needed
replacement
out
of
166
I
believe
is
that
right,
John
total
that
need
repair
or
replacement,
so
we're
about
a
third
of
a
little
around.
A
third
is
that
correct
thirds
that
have
been
two-thirds
have
actually
been.
Let
so
we're
completed
with
about
a
third.
Does
that
sound
right,
we're
completed
now?
C
These
are
the
public
Bridges
correct
and,
of
course,
we've
had
some
a
lot
of
challenges
with
the
private
structures
as
well
or
those
challenges
are,
are
have
have
occurred
and
we're
doing
our
best
to
work
and
assist
there
as
well.
We
have
limitations
as
far
as
FEMA
is
concerned
and
and
reimbursements
on
those,
but
we
are
working
as
vigorously
as
we
can
to
I
would
describe
it
as
problem
solving.
C
You
know,
troubleshooting,
making
sure
that
we
don't
just
say
well,
you
know
those
are
the
limits.
Somebody
said
we
don't
have
authority
to
do
this,
and
so,
let's
just
give
up.
No,
that's
not
the
attitude
or
the
spirit
that
we're
having
the
spirit
that
we're
taking
is.
Let's
do
all
we
can
to
help
where
we
can.
I
A
Thank
you,
Mr
secretary,
for
bringing
your
team
today
and
doing
the
update
I
know.
The
committee
appreciates
you
know
everything
that
you
all
have
done,
not
only
in
Western
but
Eastern,
Kentucky
and
and
moving
forward.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
you
so
well.
C
We
want
to
I
want
to
I
should
have
pointed
out
when
I
started
off
I'll,
sometimes
when
Kenny's
sitting
right
here
beside
me,
Kenny
Bishop
I,
forget
that
he's
sitting
right
there
beside
me
and
he
is
the
liaison.
He
is
the
legislative
director
that
so
many
of
you
all
go
to
and
we
appreciate
so
much
I've.
C
Routinely
and
he
takes
those
calls
routinely
I
just
want
to
say
to
thanks.
You
know
what
I've
learned
in
in
this
role
in
this
job
is
not
unlike
what
I
learned
as
mayor.
You
know,
sometimes
when
you're,
sometimes
when
I
was
mayor
and
when
I
first
became
mayor,
I
was
a
little
bit,
it
could
be
a
little
off-putting.
I
put
it
that
way.
C
You
are
meeting
and
engaging
your
constituents
routinely
and
regularly,
and
so
that's
why,
when
we
say
we
are
here
to
serve
and
here
to
serve
you
as
representatives
of
those
constituents,
we
genuinely
mean
it
and
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
in
our
cabinet.
Who
has
that
spirit
and
who
recognizes
the
roles
that
that
all
of
you
have
as
well.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr
secretary.