Cities across Kansas to receive $22m for highway improvements
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Cities across Kansas will be receiving part of $22 million in funding to improve intersections and state highways as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation's City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP).
In total, KDOT received 60 applications requesting a total of $53 million. 27 cities were selected to share the allocated $22 million.
Additional funding is being provided as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation (BIL) that was passed in Nov. 2021. BIL is part of a federal initiative to expand access to clean drinking water, ensure Americans have access to high-speed internet, tackle the climate crisis, advance environmental justice, invest in communities left behind and rebuild roads, bridges and rails.
BIL will provide $5.1 million during state fiscal year 2025 and $16.9 million during state fiscal year 2026. Local matching funds are required based on city population, according to a press release from the Office of the Governor.
“My administration is committed to preserving and improving Kansas highways by investing transportation dollars in the projects where they can do the most good,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “Thanks to our increasingly solid financial footing at the state and federal levels, Kansas is finding ways to solve problems and bring resources directly to communities across the state.”
For the state fiscal year 2025, the following cities were awarded CCLIP funds:
- Abilene - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Atchison - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Clay Center - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Colby - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Council Grove - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Emporia - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Harper - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Larned - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Leavenworth - Surface Restoration, $400,000
- Lyons - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Stockton - Pavement Restoration, $700,000
- Winfield - Surface Preservation, $400,000
For the state fiscal year 2026, the following cities will be awarded CCLIP funds:
- Clay Center - Surface Preservation, $400,000
- Ellsworth - Geometric Improvement, $1,100,000
- Emporia - Geometric Improvement, $1,200,000
- Fort Scott - Geometric Improvement, $1,500,000
- Girard - Pavement Restoration, $1,500,000
- Hoisington - Pavement Restoration, $1,100,000
- Lakin - Pavement Restoration, $1,400,000
- Meade - Pavement Restoration, $1,300,000
- Ness City - Pavement Restoration, $1,100,000
- Pittsburg - Geometric Improvement, $1,500,000
- Russell - Pavement Restoration, $1,000,000
- Sedan - Pavement Restoration, $1,250,000
- Wamego - Pavement Restoration, $650,000
- Westwood - Pavement Restoration, $400,000
- Yates Center - Pavement Restoration, $1,500,000
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