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County moves ahead on multiple bridge and road projects, accepts KDOT local-bridge funding
Summary
Commissioners authorized the start of replacement for North Island Bridge after notice of award from the Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program and discussed prioritizing sales-tax road projects including a West Side overlay estimated at about $1.2 million.
County commissioners on Sept. 9 authorized a series of steps to advance bridge and road projects, including starting the replacement process for the North Island Bridge after receiving notice of a state local-bridge award and directing staff to begin right-of-way negotiations for a separate Thirtieth Road bridge project.
The action follows notification from the Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program that the county was awarded funding for the North Island Bridge “in an amount not to exceed $3,065,000,” most of which the county’s presenter said is provided under the program’s state/local cost-share. Public works staff urged commissioners to move quickly to begin the replacement process and to use the county’s road-project sales tax to help cover local matches and related work.
Why it matters: the county has been moving several…
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