It was an expensive winter for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet…that’s what the Cabinet’s director of maintenance told the State Legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Transportation this afternoon.
Nancy Albright says Kentucky spent 75.2 million dollars on snow and ice removal this past year. She says that’s a 33-million dollar increase from 2013 and 47-million dollars over the 2012 costs.
Albright says another 16-million has been shelled out to patch potholes and that figure will continue to rise…
Albright says the Cabinet’s battle with Mother Nature has resulted in casualties. She says spending will now have to be curtailed for tree and brush clearance, roadway lighting and sign repair.