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Pike County Judge Executive Wayne Rutherford says drivers aren't filling up their gas tanks as much as they once did, and, with revenues down, funds for county road projects are not keeping up with needed road repairs. He says the county doesn't want to just patch pot holes and do minimal paving, an idea shared by Pike County Road Department Director Frank Hatcher. In response, Governor Beshear and Transportation Secretary Joe Prather have implemented a one-time local stimulus plan in which Pike County will receive an estimated $450,000, part of nearly $21 million that will be distributed throughout Kentucky's 120 counties.