Governor Laura Kelly and Julie Lorenz, the outgoing Kansas Department of Transportation secretary, recently announced the disbursement of $40.5 million through two different state programs to fund 33 local and off-system bridge projects statewide.
“My administration is committed to improving Kansas’ transportation system, including city- and county-owned bridges in need of overdue repairs,” the governor said in a statement reported on by the AASHTO Journal.
Gov. Kelly noted that local bridge funds for cities and counties through the Kansas DOT’s Off-System Bridge and Kansas Local Bridge Improvement programs received a $137.5 million boost over the next five years from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, enacted in 2021.
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Source: AASHTO Journal
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