Department may acquire rights-of-way for primary system -- Power of cities
KRS 177.021
in effect177.021. Department may acquire rights-of-way for primary system -- Power of cities
The Department of Highways is authorized to acquire and bear the cost of new or additional rights-of-way needed for establishment, improvement, construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of a public road or a city street which has been designated by the Department of Highways as a part of the state primary road system. All cities are authorized to deed any right-of-way owned by such cities to the Commonwealth of Kentucky if the right-of-way is to become part of the state primary road system.
History: Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 2.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=5232Fetched: 10/20/2026