HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The City of Hutchinson has learned that they have been turned down for a KDOT grant that would have been used for the Woodie Seat interchange with Avenue A.

City Manager Jeff Cantrell says the project was not on the list of KDOT funded projects which was recently released.&nbsp;

The project, which has been met with mixed reaction from the public and local business, would have removed two aging bridges on the Woodie Seat and constructed roundabouts at Avenue A and Adams and at the interchange with the freeway. The total cost was $8.7 million. Nearly $7 million would have been paid for by the state.

Cantrell says the city will now have to go back and find ways to keep the bridges intact. It’s the second time the city has been turned down for funding the project.

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 </figure>HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The City of Hutchinson has learned that they have been turned down for a KDOT grant that would have been used for the Woodie Seat interchange with Avenue A.City Manager Jeff Cantrell says the project was not on the list of KDOT funded projects which was recently released.&nbsp;The project, which has been met with mixed reaction from the public and local business, would have removed two aging bridges on the Woodie Seat and constructed roundabouts at Avenue A and Adams and at the interchange with the freeway. The total cost was $8.7 million. Nearly $7 million would have been paid for by the state.Cantrell says the city will now have to go back and find ways to keep the bridges intact. It’s the second time the city has been turned down for funding the project.

City turned down for Woodie Seat interchange funding