{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-177.050","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 177.050","heading":"Construction of roads with county funds -- Repayment to county.","body":"If any county desires to construct any part of a public road before the state is prepared to\nconstruct it, such county shall ask the department for permission to do so. When such\nrequest is made the department shall immediately investigate the request, and  if they find\nthat the county has funds available to construct such road and will pay for the\nconstruction thereof, the department may take up the construction of such road, as soon as\nthe county has taken such steps as the department requires to make available subject to its\norder sufficient funds to pay for the construction of the road. When the county has\nsatisfied these requirements, the department may proceed to construct the road in the\nsame way and under the same regulations that it constructs other roads. The department\nshall keep careful account of the money advanced by the county to the state, and when the\nproject of which the road is a part has been completed, the state shall refund to the county\nthe money advanced upon proper certification of the  department, if the road is to be\naccepted by the commissioner of highways as a part of the state primary road system.","path":["KRS Chapter 177"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=5246","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:28Z","sha256":"1a312b9cf3bcac713d4e84333a99da3e9de317e0005a677b0bb7bdfd2cc86e6c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-177.048","next":"us-ky/krs-177.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}