RENO COUNTY, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) announced on Jan. 4, traffic on K-14/K-96 west of the bridge over North Yaggy Road will be shifted slightly to temporary lanes on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
The location in Reno County is south of 50th Ave. and west of the Willowbrook neighborhood.
Motorists will be directed to drive at a reduced speed of 30 mph through the work zone.
The temporary lanes and reduced speed limit will be used until the K-14 realignment project is completed in June.
The KDOT realignment project started in the spring of 2021, and is a 15-mile, $81.7 million realignment of K-14.
The work stretches from Hutchinson to Nickerson to Sterling, Kan.
The project is expected to be completed by June 16.
Bob Bergkamp Construction Co. Inc., of Wichita, is the primary contractor.
During the work, traffic will continue to use the existing K-14/96 alignment in Reno and Rice counties.
The Reno County portion of the realignment will start from about 4.5 miles southeast of Nickerson northwest to the Reno/Rice County line. The total length is a little over seven miles.
The Rice County portion of the realignment will be from the Reno/Rice County line to just north of the K-96/Avenue T junction. The total length being about eight miles.
For updated information on other KDOT highway projects and road conditions across Kansas, visit www.kandrive.org.
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