TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Transportation High Risk Rural Roads Program will see $6.65 million go towards improving rural roadways.
The program is federally funded through the Highway Safety Improvement Program with an additional $2.37 million coming from local funds. This year's projects were selected from 46 applications that were seeking a total of $40.5 million.
“Our rural roads are important to the local and state economy,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “Programs like this enable commerce to flow smoothly and improve safety for Kansas families as they travel our state.”
The projects fall into two categories: 'systemic', for road networks and site-specific. The projects that were selected can be seen below:
County
Category
Amount awarded
County Match
Description
Barber
Site Specific
$420,000
$122,000
Installing a guardrail on Gyp Hill Road.
Crawford
Site Specific
$530,000
$328,960
Intersection improvements at South 200th Street and East 520th Avenue.
Dickinson
Site Specific
$1,055,000
$297,000
Widen roadway and install 3-inch shoulders, remove fixed obstacles, extend culverts, increase radius returns at two side roads and install new pavement markings on 1400 Avenue between Jeep Road and Key Road.
Haskell
Systemic
$270,000
N/A
Upgrade signage on all minor collectors in the county.
Linn
Site Specific
$370,000
$104,000
Install pavement markings, hazard markers and signs on Route 1095 from 1150 Road to 1650 Road.
Ottawa
Site Specific
$1,015,000
$163,000
Widen roadway, install 2-inch shoulders and install new pavement markings on North 170th Road from the Ottawa/Saline County line to K-18.
Phillips
Systemic
$525,000
N/A
Upgrade signage on 154 miles of county roads east of U.S. 183.
Sedgewick
Site Specific
$1,600,000
$1,117,000
Improve edge conditions on West MacArthur Road from 215th Street to K-42.
Seward
Site Specific
$775,000
$202,000
Extend four culverts, flatten fore slopes and install 1.5-inch shoulders on Road I north of Road 16.
Shawnee
Site Specific
$90,000
$32,700
Improve the geometry of two curves on Northwest 42nd Street and install new pavement markings, signs and lighting to improve nighttime visibility.
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