Shari Held — Special to CEG - Wed December 17, 2025
Precaster Supplies 7 Miles of Sound Walls for Highway Project
Overland Park is one of the largest cities in Kansas, with a population of nearly 200,000 in 2020. It also is one of the state's fastest growing cities, with new residents flocking there to settle in the suburbs....
Kansas Department of Transportation - Tue November 18, 2025
KDOT Hosts Groundbreaking for K-18/I-70 Flyover Bridge
Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Secretary Calvin Reed joined Sen. Jerry Moran and local leaders for the I-70/K-18 interchange improvement project groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 12, 2025, at the adjacent Geary County Fire Station #4....
Kansas Department of Transportation - Tue November 04, 2025
Gov. Kelly, KDOT Announce $442M for IKE Projects
Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Secretary Calvin Reed announced in Lindsborg Oct. 22, 2025, nine new modernization and expansion highway projects. These projects, which represent a total investment of more than $442 million, are moving into the Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE) construction pipeline....
Office of Gov. Kelly - Tue August 12, 2025
Gov. Kelly Earmarks $25M for Road Projects Across Kansas
Gov. Laura Kelly announced July 29 $25 million for 30 projects to improve intersections and roads across the state. The projects were selected for funding through the Kansas Department of Transportation's (KDOT) City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP)....
Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - Wed July 17, 2024
Kansas Receives Nearly $45.3M in RAISE Grants
Gov. Laura Kelly announced July 1 that four Kansas infrastructure projects are receiving nearly $45.3 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 02, 2024
Kansas DOT Works to Reconstruct U.S. 24 in Topeka
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is collaborating with the city of Topeka on a $64 million reconstruction and pavement replacement effort that begins near N. Kansas Avenue and extends to Muddy Creek Jefferson County....
AASHTO - Wed March 13, 2024
Kansas DOT Issues $16.5M for Short Line Rail Projects Through State RSIP
Nearly $16.5 million will go to 17 short line rail expansion and rehabilitation projects in Kansas, funded through the Kansas Department of Transportation's Rail Service Improvement Program or RSIP. Kansas Gov....
Kansas Department of Transportation - Wed February 14, 2024
KDOT Project Wins Top National Award
The Kansas Department of Transportation's I-70 asphalt improvement project in Gove County received the 2023 Sheldon G. Hayes Award — the top paving award from the National Asphalt Pavement Association....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed January 17, 2024
Shilling Brings Safety to Rural Kansas Highway
For more than a decade, motorists in Kansas drove K-177 like a star running back on their beloved Kansas State Wildcats, weaving around obstacles to record a touchdown. The northern section of this 100-mi.-long state road leading into Manhattan, home to Kansas State University, had no shoulders so a car or truck carrying mammoth farm equipment could drift down an embankment if its wheels slipped off the highway....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 13, 2023
KDOT's $570M Express Lane Project Aims to Speed Commute
With a continued focus on community input, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is overseeing a $570 million project that will build express toll lanes on U.S. 69 Highway in Overland Park. The mission of 69Express is to help commuters travel to their destinations quickly and safely....
