Maintenance

The Maintenance Division comprises five distinct branches with the common goal of maintaining a safe, efficient, environmentally sound and fiscally responsible transportation system to ensure mobility and access and to promote economic growth for all citizens of the Commonwealth.

Permits

Manages permit requests for anyone desiring access to a road on the State Highway System or wanting to conduct any type of work activity on the right of way.

Bridge Preservation

Coordinates bridge inspection, prepares bridge repair contracts and determines bridge weight restrictions, including the extended weight coal haul system.

Operations and Pavement Management

Develops and maintains an ongoing list of pavement needs based on detailed pavement distress data and objective evaluation of conditions. The branch is also responsible for collecting and analyzing data to assess maintenance performance across the state and provides support for asset management.

Roadside Maintenance

Manages all aspects of the area between the roadway and the fence; also manages the state's winter weather response.

Roadway Maintenance

Prepares contracts for roadway patching or resurfacing and for repairing or replacing other roadway features, such as pipes, guardrail, striping, large signs and small slides. Also responsible for inspecting dams that are connected to the State Highway System.

Roadway Weather Team

A part of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Manages Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) and sensors to monitor roadway weather, supporting real-time alerts, winter maintenance, and public information on GoKY.

Joshua Rogers, PE, PLS

Director

Randi Feltner, PE

Assistant Director