BILL NIGHBERT NAMED SECRETARY OF THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET
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Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher has named Bill Nighbert secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Nighbert has been serving as acting secretary of the cabinet since March 2005. According to a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet press release, during Nighbert’s tenure as acting secretary, the Transportation Cabinet has increased the number of minorities and women hired; is now managing more than $630 million dollars of highway projects; has successfully partnered with local city and county governments to address emergency highway needs and develop longer-term strategies to improve safety and reliability for motorists in every region; and has worked cooperatively with state legislators to address bridge and road needs. Secretary Nighbert is the former mayor of the city of Williamsburg in Whitley County, Kentucky. He is a past President of the League of Cities and has worked previously in the Fletcher administration as the commissioner for Intergovernmental Programs before being named acting Transportation Cabinet secretary.
