LISTENING TO AMERICA – Report on American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO’) Reauthorization Regional Forums. By Donald H. Camph, Inc. January 2003.

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SOUTHERN KENTUCKY CORRIDOR, I-66, ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION AND FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY-FINAL REPORT - Prepared by the Kentucky Transportation Center for Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The purpose of this corridor study is to determine the economic justification and financial feasibility of the Kentucky segment of the Transamerica Transportation Corridor (I-66) initiative. In order to simplify the reference to this Kentucky segment, this study has been titled the “ Southern Kentucky Corridor (I-66) Study.”

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40 Years of the US Interstate Highway System: An Analysis – The Best Investment a Nation Ever Made - By Wendell Cox and Jean Love for the American Highway Users Alliance, June 1996. This report outlines the impact and benefits of the United States Interstate Highway System at the point of its’ 40 th anniversary in 1996.

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Kentucky Highways, Some History and Prospects for Planning: Part 1 – Kentucky Highways and History: ‘Golden Triangle’ and ‘Problem Crescent’ Part 2 – Interstate 66: The Need for a New Corridor in Appalachian Kentucky - Part 1 by Timothy Collins is a chronicle of early road development in Kentucky with summaries listed by the administrations of Governors Happy Chandler thru Bereton Jones. Part 2 by Sarah Dewees, Timothy Collins and Ronald Eller makes a case for the need for I-66 in the Appalachian Counties of Eastern Kentucky. The report was prepared by the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center funded in part by a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.

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Fatalities on Rural Roads –Occur at a Rate Two-And-A-Half Times Greater Than on All Other Routes - Report by TRIP a national transportation research group.  Details how rural roads are much more deadly than interstates. Contacts:  Paul Haaland or Carolyn Bonifas (202)466-6706.  

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Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), I-66: Somerset to London - To view the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the I-66 Somerset to London segment, follow this link http://transportation.ky.gov/roadprojects/I-66/laurel.html and click on the DEIS button.