Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
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| Kentucky Transportation Cabinet | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Jurisdiction | State of Kentucky |
| Headquarters | 200 Mero Street Frankfort, Kentcuky 40622 38°12′05″N 84°52′26″W / 38.2013248°N 84.8740025°W[2]Coordinates: 38°12′05″N 84°52′26″W / 38.2013248°N 84.8740025°W[2] |
| Agency executive | Mike Hancock, Secretary of Transportation |
| Child agency | See below |
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| http://transportation.ky.gov | |
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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (mistakenly known as the Kentucky Department of Transportation) is Kentucky's state-funded agency charged with building and maintaining U.S. highways and Kentucky state highways, as well as regulating other transportation related issues.
The Transportation Cabinet is led by the Kentucky Secretary of Transportation, who is appointed by the governor of Kentucky. The current Secretary is Mike Hancock, who was appointed by Democratic Governor Steve Beshear.
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[edit] Organization
The Transportation Cabinet is composed of four operating Departments, headed by Commissioners, and ten support offices, headed by Executive Directors. Those units are subdivided into Divisions headed by Directors.
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Office of the Secretary
- Office of Budget and Fiscal Management
- Office of Audits
- Office for Civil Rights and Small Business Development
- Office of the Inspector General
- Office of Human Resource Management
- Office of Legal Services
- Office of Support Services
- Office of Public Affairs
- Office of Information Technology
- Office of Transportation Delivery
- Department of Highways - responsible for designing and constructing state highways
- Office of Project Development
- Office of Project Delivery and Preservation
- Office of Highway Safety
- Department of Aviation - responsible for promoting the use and safety of Kentucky's airports
- Department of Rural and Municipal Aid - provides aid and assistance for local governments to improve transportation infastructure
- Office of Local Programs
- Office of Rural and Secondary Roads
- Department of Vehicle Regulation - oversees regulations for the use and operation of motor vehicles
- Office of the Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
[edit] Highway Districts
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Please expand this table. More information might be found in a section of the talk page. (February 2012) |
KYTC organizes the state into twelve highway districts[3]:
| District | Counties |
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| District 1 | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall, and Trigg |
| District 2 | Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union and Webster |
| District 3 | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson, Todd, and Warren |
| District 4 | Breckinridge, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Taylor, and Washington |
| District 5 | Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble |
| District 6 | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton, and Robertson |
| District 7 | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Scott, and Woodford |
| District 8 | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, and Wayne |
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[edit] References
- ^ "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - KYTC". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2011. http://transportation.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ^ Schneider, Adam (2012). "GPS Visualizer: Quick Geocoder". http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- ^ "Highway Districts". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2011. http://transportation.ky.gov/Pages/Highway-Districts.aspx. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
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