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TOPEKA — Governor Kelly and Kansas Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed announced the 2024 Development Pipeline projects on Thursday in the Kansas Statehouse. A total of 17 projects totaling $932 million from across the state are now included in the pipeline.
“These highway projects tackle long-standing transportation needs across the state – improving safety, expanding economic development opportunities and strengthening our communities,” Governor Kelly said. “My administration is committed to making short- and long-term infrastructure improvements to benefit future generations of Kansans.”
Secretary Reed said input from Kansans helped determine what investments were of the highest priority to rural and urban communities. He said the selection process is flexible to meet economic needs and is based on engineering data, local consultation and geographic distribution. The Hutch Post area projects are listed below.
U.S. 54 expansion project, bypass/4-lane freeway from 1 mile west of K-11/U.S. 54 to existing 4-lanes east of Kingman in Kingman County, $173 million
U.S. 50/Meridian Street interchange modernization and bridge replacement project in Newton/Harvey County, $30 million
U.S. 56 in McPherson County, passing lanes, $20 million
A list of all the IKE Development Pipeline projects and more information on modernization and expansion projects is available at https://ike.ksdot.gov/projects/development-pipeline-announcement-2024.
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