Kentucky has sent around 150 state highway workers to help assist with flood recovery in North Carolina. Transportation Secretary Jim Gray had a chance to spend some time in Asheville this past weekend with the Kentucky workers.
The transportation secretary said seven crews are helping out around Asheville and another four crews are in Booneville. Gray said state workers are helping repair culverts, bridges and approaches. And these crews had a feel for the job coming in.
“The reason that our folks are so effective is that they have the experience of dealing with mountainous terrain, mountainous territory here in Kentucky,” said Gray.
He said they also went through recovery efforts following major Eastern Kentucky flooding just over two years ago. Gray said state officials in North Carolina just asked that Kentucky crews be self-sufficient when it comes to equipment and repair expertise.
