LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky is investing millions of dollars in an effort to increase safety on the roads.
On Thursday, Governor Andy Beshear announced a design build team has been selected for a $9.5 million project to monitor and bolster safety on Kentucky corridors prone to wrong-way crashes.
Plans for the Wrong-Way Driving and Integrated Safety Technology system consist of four elements including a detection system, deterrent system, alert system and a mainline monitoring system.
A pilot project will start this summer to test the new technologies along select ramps in Fayette County. It will then expand to other locations in the fall.
The technology will eventually be featured in Fayette and Jefferson counties.
Locations:
- Fayette County: New Circle Road/Kentucky Highway 4 from Newtown Pike to Richmond Road
- Fayette County: I-75/I-64 from Newtown Pike to the Southern Split
- Fayette County: I-75 from the Southern Split to Clays Ferry Bridge
- Jefferson County: I-264 from I-64 to I-65
- Jefferson County: I-64 from the Ohio River to Pee Wee Reese Road
- Jefferson County: I-65 from the Ohio River to Kentucky Highway 1065 (Outer Loop)
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