The purpose of this award to executive office of the commonwealth of kentucky for enhancements to their IRP system, motor carrier portal (MCP) enhancements maintenance, park sign compliance system,…

The Executive Office of the Commonwealth of Kentucky was awarded a $570,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The grant will fund four key initiatives:

1. Enhancements to Kentucky's International Registration Plan (IRP) system and Motor Carrier Portal (MCP) to improve efficiencies and customer experience for the Division of Motor Carriers and motor carriers. This includes improving data quality and adding features to aid in commercial carrier screening.

2. Installation of a Park Sign Compliance System at two Kentucky weigh stations to reduce illegal weigh station bypasses through camera, loop detector, and LED sign technologies.

3. Deployment of a Tire Pressure Detection System (TPDS) at one Kentucky weigh station to identify unsafe vehicles with missing or underinflated tires, directly improving highway safety.

The award has a performance period from September 2023 through September 2027 and supports the Commonwealth of Kentucky's ongoing efforts to enhance commercial motor vehicle safety through technology deployments and data quality improvements.

The purpose of this award to executive office of the commonwealth of kentucky for enhancements to their IRP system, motor carrier portal (MCP) enhancements maintenance, park sign compliance system, and the installation of the tire pressure detection system.project 1 objective:the objectives of the project are to improve efficiencies for the division of motor carriers (DMC) and motor carriers with enhancements to the IRP system, improve the overall customer experience with enhancements to the IRP system, enhance the data quality in cview by providing better data on the motor carrier responsible for safety (MCRS) and enhance the license plate data used for enforcement purposes.project 2 objective:the objectives of the project are to improve efficiencies for the DMC and the motor carriers with enhancements to the MCP, improve the overall customer experience with enhancements to the MCP, improve data quality for internal systems and services that send data to fcmsa and other jurisdictions, develop additional features to aid in screening commercial carriers and provide for ongoing maintenance of the MCP.project objective 3:the purpose of this project is to reduce the number of illegal weigh-station bypasses with the installation of a park sign compliance system at two kentucky weigh stations. The park sign compliance system is an added feature to the weigh stations tracking and sorting system. Each system will include a camera, loop detectors, an enhanced light-emitting diode (led) message sign, and computer.project 4 objective:the goal of this project is to deploy a tire pressure detection system (TPDS) at one weigh station in kentucky. These systems identify vehicles which are unsafe due to missing or underinflated tires. This project will have a direct impact on highway safety by removing unsafe trucks from the highway.