Kentucky Local Technical Assistance Program

September 3, 2024

Supporting Kentucky Counties and Cities with Bridge Maintenance and Repair Courses for Local Agencies

The Department of Rural and Municipal Aid at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet collaborated with the Kentucky Transportation Center to develop a series of bridge ownership courses geared at county and city officials. The goal of these courses is to bring local partners up to the basic understanding of bridge ownership requirements, bridge components, concepts and terminology, standard maintenance, repair and replacement procedures, basic asset management, and knowledge of recently enacted local bridge repair/replacement funds and application processes.

Each course is offered online via webinar from 9:00am - 12:00pm EST.

Local Bridges 101: Local Bridge Ownership and Local Bridges 102: Maintenance, Repair and Replacement of Bridges are aimed at county judges/executives, county engineers, road and city executives, public works directors, and road supervisors and/or street superintendents.

These courses are limited to local agencies only.

Local Owned Bridges 101:

Local Bridge Ownership

- Federal and state bridge ownership requirements

- Roles and responsibilities of local governments and KYTC

- Basic bridge types, components, concepts, and terminology

- Overview of Annual Bridge Inspection Reports provided to local agencies

- Overview of Local Bridge Repair / Replacement Funding Program

- Local Bridge Repair / Replacement Funding Program application review

- Standard maintenance, repair, and replacement procedures

- Work description requirements

- When counties should consider contracting bridge repair/work

- Benefits of asset management in helping counties maintain structures

- Review of bridge repair / replacement resources

September 24

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Local Owned Bridges 102:

Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement of Bridges

- County-City Bridge Improvement Program (CCBIP) grant requirements

- KYTC Bridge Design flow chart

- Bridge concept drawings and information

- Using KYTC Standard Drawings

- Developing a detailed cost estimate

- Basic bridge asset management systems

October 2

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October 10

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The KTC FY 2024 Quarter 4 Report is out. View it here.

Strengthen Your Bridge Retrofits with September's Webinar Wednesday on CatStrong®

CatStrong® is a family of composite

products developed at the University of Kentucky for bridge repair and strengthening. The webinar will introduce multiple CatStrong® products and showcase the different applications.

CatStrong® for Bridge Retrofit

September 11, 2024

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Webinar Wednesdays follow two informational tracks: Soft Skills & Transportation. These topics are applicable to transportation professionals and decision makers. They are approved by the Department for Local Government (DLG) for the County Elected Officials Training Incentive Program. Webinar Wednesdays are worth one professional development hour.

Become a Champion for R oad Safety in Your Community

Road Safety Champions prioritize safety and are motivated to implement safety improvements that reduce fatalities and serious injuries on rural and local roads. Aspiring Road Safety Champions take core courses as well as trainings specific to their line of work.

Most Road Safety Champion Program webinars are held via Zoom from 9:00-11:00am. Road Safety Champion Program Zoom webinars are approved by the Department for Local Government (DLG) for the County Elected Officials Training Incentive Program. Webinars are worth two credit hours.

September 25

October 23

Overview of Data & Tools

Countermeasures for Road Safety

Browse the program requirements on the Road Safety Champion webpage and register for upcoming webinars today.

Overview of Data & Tools

September 25, 2024

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Transportation professionals use a data driven approach to safety. In this two-hour training, learn about the different types of data, data challenges for local agencies, and the various tools available for network screening.

Discussions include the Highway Safety Manual, usRAP, Road Safety Assessments, Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool, and Crash Tree Maker.

Statewide Transportation Improvement Program

Plan Opens for Public Comment

Team Kentucky's draft, federally-required Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) plan for fiscal years 2025 through 2028, part of statewide highway planning efforts to keep Kentuckians safe and support businesses, is ready for public review.

The draft STIP includes all federally funded, scheduled projects in the 2024 State Highway Plan enacted by the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly and Gov. Andy Beshear. It also contains links to Kentucky's nine Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) that identify federal projects in their individual transportation improvement plans.

A 30-day public comment period will run until September 14.

Information from a Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet press release on August 9, 2024.

View the draft plan and submit comments here.

Boost Your Skills With Our Quality Pesticide Courses

Any person handling, applying, or supervising the use of pesticides as part of that person's job must be certified and licensed by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

T2 offers Training & Testing courses and Continuing Education courses that provide quality, comprehensive, hands-on training for applicators.

Testing & Training

10/10/24 Georgetown

03/05/25 Ballard Convention Center

03/12/25 Georgetown

04/16/25 Elizabethtown

Continuing Education

09/18/24 Cave City Convention Center

09/19/24 Cave City Convention Center

10/01/24 Lexington

10/07/24 Canvas

10/16/24 The Bruce, Hopkinsville

11/04/24 Canvas

01/13/25 Canvas

02/03/25 Canvas

03/03/25 Canvas

03/06/25 Ballard Convention Center

03/13/25 Georgetown

04/07/25 Canvas

04/23/25 London Community Center

Visit our website,

www.kyt2.com,

to register.

Visit the T2 Exhibit at the KLC Conference & Expo

Stop by our booth in the KLC Exhibit Hall at the upcoming conference to pick up training announcements, grab the latest newsletter, or submit an "Ask an Engineer" request.

KLC Conference & Expo

September 24-27, 2024

Central Bank Center

Lexington, KY

Nearing the End of Your

Roads Scholar or Road Master Journey?

Roads Scholar/Road Master Graduations dates will be announced soon. Individuals who think they are eligible for graduation should reach out to ensure all requirements are met. Contact Ginny Anderson to verify your eligibility.

Ginny Anderson

Roads Scholar/Road Master Coordinator

(859) 257-4509

virginia.anderson@uky.edu

Pictured above: Recent inductees into the Kentucky Transportation Hall of Fame

Kentucky Transportation Hall of Fame Opens for Nominations

The Kentucky Transportation Center established the Kentucky Transportation Hall of Fame in 1990 to formally recognize people whose professional contributions have significantly improved the safety, quality, and efficiency of the Commonwealth's transportation systems. Both public and private sector practitioners from all transportation modes are well represented in the Hall of Fame.

Nominations for the 2025 Inductees are already open. Please visit KTC's Kentucky Transportation Hall of Fame webpage to fill out an online for or mail/email a printable form. Nominations will close in mid-November and the Hall of Fame ceremony will take place at the Kentuckians for Better Transportation Conference, January 22-24, 2025.

Federal Highway Administration Names the 2024 Build a Better Mousetrap National Competition Winners

Bold Steps Award

West Lafayette Street and Sanitation Department, IN

Street Sweeper Conversion to Leaf Vac Unit

Description: Used street sweepers re-purposed for leaf pickup maintenance operations.

Smart Transformation Award

McKenzie County Highway Department, ND

Fifth-Wheel Quick Attach Sander

Description: An attachment to modify semi-tractors to assist with salting and sanding hazardous, icy roads during the winter months.

For more information about the Build a Better Mousetrap (BABM) Competition and this year's winners, visit the BABM website.

KTC Research:

Pilot Study on Improving Crash Data Accuracy in Kentucky through University Collaboration

Without high-quality crash data and robust interpretive/analytical tools to analyze these data, transportation agencies will struggle to develop evidence-based strategies for improving road safety. Crash narratives are one element of crash reports that pose especially acute interpretive challenges. Despite their value, conducting manual reviews of the 150,000+ crash reports and narratives issued in Kentucky each year is not feasible.

This report considers a machine learning algorithm and a Google AI Language model (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers [BERT]). Future crash data quality control efforts that incorporate machine learning applications should use BERT, however, the latest advances in AI technology need to be integrated into new applications and models as they are developed.

Get the full Research Report contents.

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