KRS 175.440: Authority may undertake turnpike projects pursuant to agreement with

department.

In order to provide for the construction of modern express highways or superhighways

embodying safety devices (including, when determined by the authority and the

department to be feasible and necessary, center division, ample shoulder widths,

longsight distances, two (2) or more lanes in each direction and grade separations at

intersections with other highways and railroads and other appurtenances), and thereby to

facilitate vehicular traffic, remove many of the present handicaps and hazards on the

congested highways in the Commonwealth, and promote the agricultural and industrial

development of the Commonwealth, the authority is hereby authorized and empowered,

under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of a written agreement or agreements with

the department as hereinafter provided, to construct, maintain, repair and operate turnpike

projects, to lease such projects to the department, and to issue revenue bonds of the

authority to finance such projects.