The Kansas Department of Transportation has selected 36 road improvement projects for funding via the agency’s City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP).
Officials said the total $18.5 million funding allotment addresses improvements to state highways extending through cities, noting the total includes $8.9 million in state fiscal year 2022 and $9.6 million in state fiscal year 2023.
The CCLIP stipulates a city contributes up to 25 percent of the project cost based on its population, officials said, acknowledging some cities contribute significantly more.
Additionally, cities with populations under 2,500 are not required to provide a match and program, projects fall into one of three different categories – Surface Preservation (SP), Pavement Restoration (PR), or Geometric Improvement (GI).
SP projects address maintenance work such as resurfacing and are funded up to $300,000 per project, per guidelines and PR projects involve full-depth pavement replacement without changes to the overall geometric characteristics and may also address drainage issues.
GI projects target geometric issues such as adding turn lanes, improving intersections, or modifying the lane configuration to address capacity. Authorities said PR and GI categories are funded up to $1 million per project.