Riley County commissioners voted to accept a Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) project programming award of $600,000 for the LaCedar Road bridge and authorized staff to complete the required Form 1302 to move the project to formal agreement.

Public Works Director Edwin McMillan told the board the county applied earlier in the year and was selected as a successful applicant for a KDOT sales-tax project grant for the LaCedar bridge, and that signing the Form 1302 will bring a formal agreement and project schedule. McMillan said, “we were selected to receive $600,000 for that project.”

Commissioners moved and seconded approval of the KDOT programming request and completed the voice vote in favor. County staff said the next steps are executing the form with KDOT and receiving a formal project agreement and schedule before procurement and construction scheduling.

The funding will be handled through the county's public-works project processes; no additional county-match details were discussed on the record during the meeting.