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A RESOLUTION honoring the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet response teams 1
for the outstanding work they provided in helping the North Carolina Department of 2
Transportation rebuild roadways after the devastating floods that occurred in the fall of 3
2024. 4
WHEREAS, torrential rains, flooding, and mudslides tore through Boone, 5
Asheville, and other communities in North Carolina on September 25 to 27, 2024; and 6
WHEREAS, North Carolina transportation officials sent out a call for help and the 7
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) answered by dispatching state highway 8
technicians, mechanics, and engineering staff from across the state. In addition to staff, 9
KYTC sent trucks, excavators, pipes, and other equipment; and 10
WHEREAS, response from every corner of the Commonwealth were dispatched to 11
help. including teams from Lexington, Flemingsburg, Jackson, Pikeville, Bowling Green, 12
Elizabethtown, Somerset, Louisville, Covington, and other transportation districts; and 13
WHEREAS, coordinating with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, 14
each crew reported to a damaged roadway and worked long hours to restore safe access; 15
and 16
WHEREAS, the work of the Kentucky response teams included hauling rock to fill 17
holes carved out by floodwaters, removing debris, replacing pipes, restoring shoulders or 18
ditchlines, and much more; and 19
WHEREAS, the KYTC response teams in North Carolina made a huge difference 20
in the lives of countless North Carolinians. Their extensive road repair experience 21
allowed the teams to be self-sufficient; and 22
WHEREAS, North Carolinians showered the heroic KYTC response teams with 23
many thanks and acknowledged the response team's actions that have helped the citizens 24
of North Carolina return to a sense of normalcy; and 25
WHEREAS, other Commonwealth agencies and personnel also assisted in Western 26
Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and elsewhere in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 1413
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Milton; and 1
WHEREAS, the public service of the KYTC response teams does not stop at a state 2
line. These team members are highway heroes who always give 100 percent wherever 3
they work; 4
NOW, THEREFORE, 5
Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of 6
Kentucky: 7
Section 1. When the Senate adjourns this day, it does so in honor of the 8
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet response teams for the outstanding work they provided 9
in helping the North Carolina Department of Transportation rebuild roadways after the 10
devastating floods that occurred in the fall on 2024. 11
Section 2. The Clerk of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of this 12
Resolution to Senator Jimmy Higdon for presentation. 13