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Audit: KDOT authorized to recapture drag‑strip funds but chose not to so Great Bend can repair track
Summary
A limited-scope Legislative Post Audit review found Kansas Department of Transportation officials did not enforce a contract clawback provision after construction defects closed the Great Bend drag strip, citing a desire to let the city repair the track and keep racing operations viable.
Kansas Department of Transportation officials did not claw back most cost‑share funds for the Great Bend historic drag strip after post‑construction defects led operators to suspend racing in 2023, a Legislative Post Audit presentation to the Legislative Post Audit Committee found.
Auditor Sarah Mittendorf told the committee the short answer to the audit question — what steps has KDOT taken to respond to shortcomings with the Great Bend Historic Drag Strip project — is that KDOT has not enforced the contract clawback provisions because officials wanted Great Bend to be able to repair the track and resume racing. “KDOT officials told us they were satisfied with the efforts that the city took to get the track back in racing condition,” Mittendorf said.
The audit’s nut graf: the cost‑share contract authorized KDOT to recapture project funds under a sliding scale if the city failed to use the project as intended for 10 years after completion; because the drag strip was…
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