176.121 Construction work by department employees.
The Department of Highways may cause any road construction or reconstruction to be
done by employees of the department instead of through contractors when, in the opinion
of the commissioner as expressed in an official order, any of the following conditions is
found to exist:
(1) Emergency construction or reconstruction is made necessary by the fact that a road
has been rendered unusable or the urgency of need for construction or
reconstruction is apparent.
(2) Construction or reconstruction of access roads would serve as an inducement to
industrial location or substantial expansion of industry, and the estimated cost of the
project is less than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars (5,000).
(3) The project involves: an existing road and provides for such work as improvement
of sight distance, traffic marking, channelization or the addition or widening of
traffic lanes or widening of shoulders; or construction, reconstruction, widening or
strengthening of small bridges and projects for which preparation of detailed plans
required to secure bids is unnecessary; or an emergency need does not allow for
time for preparation of plans and advertisement for bids.
(4) No satisfactory bid is received for the construction or reconstruction of the road
after all necessary steps have been taken to obtain bids for such work, and the
estimated cost of the projects is less than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars
(5,000).
Effective: July 15, 1980
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(1); and ch. 92, sec. 1. -- Created 1964 Ky.
Acts ch. 22, sec. 1.
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