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Oldham County, Kentucky: KYTC seeks a design firm to widen I-71 to six lanes from KY 393 to KY 53, proposals due Nov. 4
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet wants a prequalified engineering firm for preliminary engineering and environmental work to widen about 4.4 miles of I-71 in Oldham County from four lanes to six, between KY 393 and KY 53. The approximate fee is $3 million.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is asking engineering firms for proposals to design a wider I-71 in Oldham County. The request is part of KYTC Procurement Bulletin 2027-04, and the response window opened Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026.
Where. I-71 between KY 393 (mile point 18.0) and KY 53 (mile point 22.4), about 4.4 miles. KYTC wants to go from four lanes to six to improve safety, help trucks move and cut congestion.
What the job is. The firm picked will do preliminary engineering, including the road layout, utility impacts and a cost estimate, plus environmental work leading to an approved environmental document. KYTC expects that document to be no higher than a Categorical Exclusion Level 3. The contract may later grow into final design. KYTC lists an approximate fee of $3 million, lump sum, and item number 5-483.20.
For drivers, this is an early planning step. No construction or lane closures come with this contract.
Key dates for all four requests: proposals are due Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, by 4:30 p.m. Eastern (Frankfort time). KYTC lists a first selection meeting on Nov. 9 and a final selection on Nov. 20, and says dates other than the response date are tentative.
Who can respond: consultant engineering firms prequalified by KYTC. Responses go in electronically through the KYTC Professional Services Consultant Portal (https://apps.transportation.ky.gov/professionalservices); KYTC will not take paper copies. Instructions: https://transportation.ky.gov/ProfessionalServices/Pages/Respond-to-an-Announcement.aspx. Firms must also disclose any use of artificial intelligence or machine learning on an awarded contract, under the Commonwealth Office of Technology policy.
Original source: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), Department of Highways, Professional Services Procurement Bulletin 2027-04 (October 2026), announced to the Notice Nearby publisher inbox on Oct. 13, 2026. Bulletin listings: https://transportation.ky.gov/ProfessionalServices/Pages/Search-Project-Listings.aspx?bulletinNumber=2027-04. Notice Nearby wrote this in its own words. Full bulletin paper: https://noticenearby.com/papers/kentucky-kytc-procurement-bulletin-2027-04-i-69-ohio-river-crossing-i-71-widening-bridge-inspection-oct-2026
What to read next: the Oldham County hub (https://noticenearby.com/ky/oldham), the full KYTC bulletin paper (https://noticenearby.com/papers/kentucky-kytc-procurement-bulletin-2027-04-i-69-ohio-river-crossing-i-71-widening-bridge-inspection-oct-2026), the Kentucky hub (https://noticenearby.com/ky) and all public papers (https://noticenearby.com/papers). Local businesses, parks and places nearby are on ZOST.app (https://zost.app).
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Source: the public notice on this register NN-GOVEMAIL-20261013-KYTC-OLD · Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
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