KRS 176.060: Roads under construction -- Regulation of traffic -- Temporary roads.

The department may stop or regulate all traffic over any road being constructed or

improved until it is ready to be opened to the public, and may designate other roads for

the accommodation of traffic until the construction is completed. The department may

establish temporary roads while such construction is going on, and may make

arrangements with landowners for necessary temporary rights -of-way, and may contract

and pay for such rights -of-way out of appropriations from the state road fund by

certifying the costs to the Finance and Administration Cabinet. The temporary road shall

be opened for travel at least two (2) weeks before work is begun on the road proposed to

be constructed or improved.