Road projects delayed because of federal shortfall

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky transportation officials have delayed $185 million worth of road construction projects – including a project to widen a dangerous stretch of I-65 -because of a looming shortfall in the federal Highway Trust Fund.

The trust fund is the main way states pay for most major construction projects. The money comes from the federal gas tax that drivers pay at the pump – 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel fuel.