KRS 179.210: Removal of obstructions by contractor or engineer -- Repair of bridges --

Payment of cost.

When a county road is suddenly obstructed or a county bridge becomes unsafe, if it is

under contract for continuous maintenance as provided in KRS 178.140, the county

engineer shall immediately notify the contractor on whose section of road the obstruction

occurs, and within twenty -four (24) hours or as soon as practicable thereafter, such

contractor shall remove the obstruction. If the contractor makes no effort to remove the

obstruction within twenty-four (24) hours, the county engineer shall immediately employ

necessary persons, machinery and teams, and without avoidable delay, cause the

obstruction to be removed from the public road, or the bridge to be made safe. The cost of

removal shall be recoverable from the contractor, as provided in KRS 179.150. But if the

section of obstructed road is not under contract, the county road engineer shall

immediately remove the obstructions in like manner, and the cost ther eof shall be paid by

the fiscal court out of the county road fund.