Jakob Milani Contributing Writer jmilani@murraystate.edu The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is awarding 30 new scholarships to students pursuing civil engineering and engineering technology degrees. The KYTC has offered two scholarship programs for over 70 years: THE Civil Engineering Scholarship and the Civil Engineering Technology Scholarship. These two scholarships help students pay their tuition as well as Read More
Staff Report The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the City of Murray worked with the City of Murray Public Works Department to excavate the site of a sinkhole along a frontage road near U.S. 641 across from Roy Stewart Stadium on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Over the weekend, someone reported what appeared to a hole the size Read More
Ali Enax Contributing writer aenax@murraystate.edu The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is making moves toward a safer identification issuance system for Kentucky’s citizens. A new issuance system with updated identity credentials, Confident Kentucky, offers increased counterfeit protection and showcases a new, modern look using the state’s iconic images. Kentuckians may request their card in one of two Read More
A contract to replace the current Henry Lawrence Memorial Bridge that crosses Lake Barkley was awarded Feb. 11 to PCL Civil Construction. The Denver-based company won the bid for the $128.3 million project from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet along with an October 2017 deadline. The new four-lane bridge will bring U.S. 68/KY 80 over Lake Read More
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials are asking Kentucky residents questions as they update the Kentucky Long Range Transportation Plan. The focus will be on maintaining and improving existing roadways, constructing new roads and issues concerning other modes of transportation. In determining the transportation needs for all areas of Kentucky over the next two decades, the updated plan Read More
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet released a survey with the intent to base a 20-year-long project known as the Long Road Plan, around the concerns of the public’s transportation needs. The survey is active from Jan. 9 to Feb. 25 and consists of 19 questions. There are several residency and travel related questions. Paper surveys are Read More
A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is continuing to install updated signage along 38 miles of Interstate 69 through Lyon, Caldwell, and Hopkins Counties. The sign installation work prompted highway officials to remind motorists to continue to use old signs and mile points while the work continues. KTC spokesman Keith Todd, said motorists should Read More
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to close KY 464/Almo-Shiloh Road at the Clarks River Bridge in Calloway County during daylight hours starting Dec. 5. This closure at KY 464 mile point 13.190 is to allow a long-reach track hoe to remove drift and debris from beneath the Clarks River Bridge in the Almo Community. To Read More