KRS 179.418: Pilot project evaluating use of chip seal and reclaimed asphalt pavement

on gravel roads -- Use of funds by county -- Report.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Chip seal" means a pavement surface treatment that combines one (1) or

more layers of asphalt with one (1) or more layers of gravel or fine aggregate;

and

(b) "Reclaimed asphalt pavement" or "RAP" means removed or reprocessed

pavement materials containing asphalt and aggregates generated when asphalt

pavements are removed for reconstruc tion, resurfacing, or to obtain access to

buried utilities.

(2) Beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2030, the Department of Rural and

Municipal Aid shall oversee a pilot project evaluating the use of chip seal and RAP

on gravel roads.

(3) Subject to the limitations in subsection (4) of this section, a county may use funds

allocated to it under KRS 177.320(2) to use chip seal or RAP on existing gravel

roads in that county's road system.

(4) The maximum percentage of county road aid funds a county may use in any fiscal

year on chip seal or RAP for county roads under subsection (3) of this section shall

be equal to the percentage of roads in that county's county road system that are

surfaced with gravel on July 1 of that fiscal year.

(5) No later than October 31, 2027, and annually thereafter until October 31, 2030, the

Department of Rural and Municipal Aid shall submit a report to the Legislative

Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations

and Revenue and the Interi m Joint Committee on Transportation on the use of chip

seal and RAP on county roads.

(6) The report required under subsection (5) of this section shall include:

(a) 1. A listing of road miles chip sealed, by county;

2. The cost per mile of chip sealing, by county;

3. An evaluation of the durability of chip seal pavement; and

4. An evaluation of chip seal pavement quality; and

(b) 1. A listing of road miles using RAP, by county;

2. The cost per mile of using RAP, by county;

3. An evaluation of the durability of RAP; and

4. An evaluation of RAP pavement quality.