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Advisory committee sends Wichita PROTECT drainage request back to city for larger local match
Summary
Committee members voted to send the city of Wichita’s PROTECT application for drainage and pavement work in the MurdoCH Corridor back to the city for further discussion on increasing its local match after members expressed concern the city’s contribution was small relative to the project scope.
The Build Kansas Fund Advisory Committee voted to send the city of Wichita’s PROTECT grant application for drainage and transportation improvements in the Murdock Corridor back to the city for further discussion on increasing the local match.
Kevin Veil described application 2025-087 as a multi-part project consisting of storm-sewer reconstruction and pavement reconstruction for neighborhoods around the Murdock Corridor. Veil said the city requested Build Kansas Fund support of $9,064,520 (listed in the meeting materials) and reported a local contribution of about $477,780; he said federal funding unlocked by the project would be $38,166,400 for a total project cost of $47,708,000.
Representative Vaughn asked how much of the Build Kansas Fund remained to commit; Veil said roughly $165,370,000 remained of the $200,000,000 fund. Several committee members, including Senator Schallenberg, questioned the size of Wichita’s local match compared with an earlier plan the city had for a smaller project that would have included about $4,000,000 in local funds. Senator Schallenberg and another member said the city appeared to be asking the Build Kansas Fund to cover a much larger portion of an expanded project.
Senator Billinger (identified in the transcript as the member making the motion) moved to send the application back to the city of Wichita for further discussion about increasing the match; the motion was seconded by Senator Schallenberg. The chair called for a voice vote; the motion passed.
After the vote, committee members and staff noted that sending the application back would allow Wichita to consider a larger local contribution before the committee forwards a final recommendation to the federal program administrators. The committee did not take a roll-call vote; the outcome was recorded as a passed motion by voice vote.
