Hundreds of projects that will improve Kansas roads and bridges, as well as create short- and long-term jobs, have been scheduled by the Kansas Department of Transportation for the next two years.
The projects will preserve, modernize and expand roads on both state and local road systems. The work list includes 464 highway projects, 194 bridge-interchange projects and 1,603 miles of improvements.
“This continues the steady flow of work – and the construction jobs created by that work – under the 10-year T-Works transportation program passed during the 2010 legislative session,” said Transportation Secretary Mike King.
The estimated cost of the work, for which construction will be underway during the 2015 and 2016 fiscal years, is $1.2 billion. About 65 percent of the projects are considered preservation work, which will protect the investment Kansans have already made in the state’s public road system.
“The construction work will create jobs for hundreds of workers, who will spend their paychecks in communities all over the state, spreading the benefits far beyond the construction industry,” King said.
“But the better news is the long-term job prospects these improvements will help make possible.”
On the project list for fiscal year 2015 for Wyandotte County:
– U.S. 69 over the Missouri River, bridge replacement, $36,748,500.
– U.S. 69 east junction of I-35 and U.S. 69 north to the west junction of I-70 and U.S. 69, light preservation, $543,000.
– I-35, two bridges on I-35 in Kansas City, Kan., bridge repair, $813,510.
– I-635, two bridges on I-635 near the I-635 and I-70 junction, bridge repair, $243,000.
– I-70, five bridges on I-70 and I-670 in Kansas City, Kan., bridge repair, $281,000.
– I-70, two bridges on I-70 (I-70 over old K-32 and Kaw Drive), just east of the I-70 and I-635 junction, bridge repairs, $8,534,000.
– I-70, from the I-70 and K-7 interchange east to the I-70 and 110th Street interchange, expansion project, $29,590,000.
– U.S. 69, from Tauromee Avenue to Washington Boulevard, local construction project, $405,994.
– Pedestrian bike path near the Kansas and Missouri rivers in Kansas City, Kan., local construction project, $1,600,000.
– Missouri River – Jersey Creek connector, Kansas City, Kan., local construction project, $747,270.
– I-35 in the Kansas City metro area, expansion project, $272,000.
