Soon, residents will be able to operate UTVs, side-by-sides, or special purpose vehicles on Kentucky and Christian County roads—as long as they abide by the rules.
Those regulations set down by the Kentucky General Assembly include that the UTVs can only travel 20 miles on county roads, which Judge Executive Jerry Gilliam says works out perfectly for farmers traveling between locations, or for Christian County’s recreation areas.
He says you must have that special purpose vehicle registered with the Clerk’s Office to be legal, along with all things a passenger vehicle would have, such as headlights, a windshield, mirrors, seatbelts—the whole nine yards.
They’re still waiting for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to highlight any additional regulations for the vehicles, but they wanted to get ahead of the game and get the ball rolling on legalization in Christian County.
As for storm clean up, it does remain ongoing in the county from May’s severe storms and tornadoes, and Judge Gilliam says you’ll see more debris collection in the coming weeks, and then they’ll start burning natural debris towards the end of July.
He says that’s a delicate balance, and they’re working to make sure they burn that debris safely and without causing a fire hazard to nearby fields.