News Releases

Updated: Dive team to examine piers of damaged Kentucky Lake bridge
Impact from ramming by cargo vessel may have caused pier to shift
Kentucky highway fatalities increasing in 2012
Preliminary statistics indicate fatalities up 5 compared to same period in 2011
Holiday ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ cites over 1,200 drunken drivers
The holiday “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement effort, coordinated by the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS), resulted in 1,211 citations for drunken driving.
Kentucky seeks teams to build new Ohio River bridge, modernize Kennedy Interchange in downtown Louisville
Notice of intent is first step to procurement; pre-bid meeting for contractors set for March 1
Kentucky on verge of implementing data project to increase safety among commercial driver license holders
Federally mandated database to contain drivers’ health certification
Office of Highway Safety honors 2012 ‘Saved by the Belt’ recipient
Award recognizes the benefits of using seat belts
Highway crews mopping up from snow storm
Motorists still encouraged to reduce speed, be alert for ice, highway equipment
Highway crews plowing, treating roads
Motorists reminded to reduce speed, be alert for ice, highway equipment
This is the ‘season of (head)lights’
Transportation Cabinet, Kentucky State Police remind motorists to be seen in low light
State snow and ice crews ‘ready to go’
Transportation Cabinet resources well-stocked and prepared
There are no festivities in jail
Remember: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announces winners of 2011 Adopt-a-Highway Poster Contest
Over 2,400 students enter annual contest
KYTC awards contract for project to increase public safety, mobility on roadways in vicinity of Kentucky Speedway
Ohio company submits low bid of $3.7 million
Drunken drivers can’t hide behind Halloween costumes
Drivers beware: Buzzed driving is drunk driving
Over the river – not out of the woods – for some holiday travelers
Bridge closures, detours, lane restrictions will confront some motorists in Kentucky