§ 153.37 PUBLIC MAY TESTIFY; EFFECT OF TESTIMONY.

   (A)   At the hearing any person may speak with regard to any proposed project, any project which he or she feels should be built or done which has not been proposed, priorities for completion of projects and any other matter related to road or bridge projects.

   (B)   The city shall not be bound by the testimony heard at the hearing but shall give due consideration to it.

(KRS 174.100(2), (3)) (Prior Code, § 91.17)

§ 153.38 HEARING TO BE HELD PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.

   The city shall not begin construction on a road or bridge project wherein state derived tax revenues are involved until the hearing as provided herein has been held.

(KRS 174.100(4)) (Prior Code, § 91.18)

§ 153.39 SEPARATE HEARING FOR EACH PROJECT NOT REQUIRED.

   (A)   This subchapter shall not be construed to require a separate hearing for each project.

   (B)   A single hearing encompassing the entire road and bridge program, provided all projects subsequently undertaken have been identified at the hearing, shall meet the requirements of this subchapter.

(KRS 174.100(5)) (Prior Code, § 91.19)

§ 153.40 EXEMPTIONS FROM HEARING REQUIREMENT.

   The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to emergency repair or replacement of roads or bridges necessitated by natural or human-caused disasters, nor to street cleaning or snow removal operations.

(KRS 174.100(6), (7)) (Prior Code, § 91.20)

§ 153.41 STREET AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

   (A)   Whenever the state’s Commissioner of Highways, by authority of KRS 177.042, designates any streets or portions thereof, including viaducts and bridges, as connecting links of state or federally maintained highways, or necessary feeder streets thereto, and thereby undertakes the future maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction of such streets, bridges or viaducts in the manner provided by the aforesaid statutes, the Mayor is hereby expressly authorized, instructed and directed to enter into any and all contracts and agreements with the Bureau of Highways necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of said statutes.

   (B)   Should the Bureau of Highways construct or reconstruct any streets in the city, such work shall be done by the Bureau as the agent of the city, as set out in KRS 177.043.

(Prior Code, § 91.21) (Ord. 198, passed 1-7-1974)