The Kansas Department of Transportation recently announced it added 17 highway modernization and expansion projects statewide, representing $932 million in investments, to the Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE), a bipartisan 10-year, $10 billion transportation program.
Adding projects to the program means they are cleared to begin preliminary engineering work.
“The projects being moved into the IKE Development Pipeline represent a mix of local and regional highway improvement priorities as identified by stakeholders and based on data,” Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed said. “We appreciate how the Local Consult process gives KDOT an opportunity to strengthen local partnerships, to better understand which KDOT programs matter most to communities, and to get feedback on how we can improve delivery.”
Projects added to the plan include:
U.S. 54, Kellogg Avenue east of 159th Street and east to Prairie Creak Road in Butler County. The $200 million project will expand the roadway to six lanes
U.S. 54 from one mile west of K-11/U.S. 54 to existing four lanes east of Kingman in Kingman County. The $173 million project will recreate a bypass.
U.S. 75 from Holton north to K-20 in Jackson County. The $126 million project will expand the roadway to four lanes.
I-135/I-70 interchange in Saline County. The $70 million project will conduct interchange improvements.