Tag: Kansas Department of Transportation

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Transportation plans to spend $5 million this year to help cities and counties repair 3,800 bridges that are in poor condition or are structurally insufficient. The Topeka…

A road project scheduled for rural Coffey County has been pushed back to June 17-19, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced. Crews will replace a crossroad pipe on K-58 Highway about two miles west of…

On Monday, weather permitting, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) expects to begin a surface recycle/chip seal project on 23 miles of U.S. 59 in Allen and Anderson counties. The road work starts at the…

A portion of U.S. 59 will be closed north of Moran between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, in order for crews to move a wind tower crane across the highway. The highway will be…

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Department of Transportation officials outlined plans Wednesday for putting a state highway program abandoned by former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback back on track. Years of lean budgets prompted annual…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has trouble keeping road equipment operators from leaving for other, better-paying jobs — so much so that supervisors worry about being able to cobble together crews to clear snow after…

(Update: KDOT will allow traffic to move in both directions between Minnesota and Hawaii Roads on Friday 12/7/18, weather permitting.) Weather permitting, the Kansas Department of Transportation will begin the second phase of the U.S. 169…

The Kansas tax experiment, which played out from 2012 through 2017, deeply damaged Kansas finances. Income tax cuts choked revenue to the general fund and created a multi-year budget crisis. In 2017, lawmakers reversed much…