Tag: kansas department of transportation

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KDOT reinstates its Local Bridge Improvement Program

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is reinstating its Local Bridge Improvement Program, which awards state funds to public authorities in cities and counties to help replace and rehabilitate structurally deficient local bridges, Transport Topics reports. Gov. Laura Kelly authorized $216 million in sales tax revenue for the state highway fund in fiscal year 2020 […]

August 28, 2019

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Kan. DOT investing $160M to strengthen highway system

The Kansas DOT plans to invest $160 million in revenue to kickstart delayed projects. Get details on Kansas Department of Transportation's infrastructure plans.

February 15, 2019

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State DOTs selected for national drone experiment

The 10 participants chosen for the three-year national program will collect data from drones flying at night, over people and out of the pilot’s sight.

May 28, 2018

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Kan. DOT, KTA receive state asphalt paving awards

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) reports that 26 asphalt paving projects were nominated for the 2017 Kansas Asphalt Paving Association awards program that took place on December 7, 2017 in Lawrence. KDOT and the Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) were honored in the following categories: Director’s Award – First place: KDOT and APAC-Kansas for the […]

January 9, 2018

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An overview of the ACI award-winning Johnson County Gateway project

The $288 million Johnson County Gateway project, the first design-build project awarded by the Kansas Department of Transportation, addressed one of the most highly travelled interstates in Overland, Kansas, by adding additional lanes and reconfiguring existing interchanges throughout the I-435/I-35/K-10 corridor. The project included the construction of 22 bridges, two diverging diamond interchanges, and the […]

October 19, 2017

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Johnson County Gateway, Winona Bridge take ACI concrete construction awards

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) honored the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards during its Concrete Convention & Exposition Monday night in Anaheim. The awards honor creative projects in the concrete industry and recognize concrete innovation, technology, and excellence. To be eligible for the award, projects had to win at a local […]

October 18, 2017

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Kansas DOT’s WICHway begins text and email traffic alert service

The Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT) WICHway intelligent transportation system for Wichita’s highways is now offering texts and/or emails on traffic alerts from the system’s traffic management center. KDOT says alerts are created when a significant disruption, such as a major crash or closure, occurs on a Wichita highway. WICHway collects and shares data from […]

July 12, 2017

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Kansas DOT secretary Mike King to resign

Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Secretary Mike King will resign in mid-July to take a job in the private sector in Wichita. He has served in the position since 2012 and also served as the director of the Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA). Prior to joining KDOT, King had worked in transportation and oil- and gas-related […]

July 4, 2016

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Two retire from Kansas Department of Transportation with 75 combined years of service

Two long-term Kansas Department of Transportation employees retired in December with a combined 75 years of service. Sandra Tommer retired as Bureau Chief of Construction and Materials after 40 years with the agency. She graduated from Kansas State University and joined KDOT through the Engineer-in-Training program. From there she became a project engineer at the […]

December 30, 2015

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Kansas DOT prepares for winter storm clean up by adding tow plows

Two tow plows have been added to the Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT) equipment lineup to help in winter storm clean up for the upcoming season. The plows are being stored in Colby and Olathe and measure 26 feet long. They will are attached to dump trucks when in use. “KDOT will assess the performance […]

December 11, 2015

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Two dump trucks rear ended in same Kansas DOT work zone 2 days in a row (PHOTOS)

A construction zone on Interstate 470 has been unlucky for Kansas Department of Transportation dump trucks this week. Two KDOT dump trucks were crashed into two days in a row. The latest of the coinciding collisions came on Wednesday afternoon when a KDOT dump truck with a large arrow display board and crash attenuator was rear […]

July 27, 2015

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Stolen van causes up to $1 million in damage after crashing through Kansas work zone

Construction workers in Kansas were surprised to find a wrecked van abandoned in their road work site July 2. But the havoc the van brought with it to the 1.5-mile work zone likely provided more of a shock. The van, which was reported stolen, caused anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million in damages to the construction site and the […]

July 20, 2015