KDOT outlines $30 million in US-69 safety and mobility upgrades, including five‑leg Quincy roundabout

Kansas Department of Transportation engineers briefed the Crawford County Commission on planned safety and traffic‑flow improvements to the US‑69 corridor on Tuesday, describing a package of committed and under‑development projects that KDOT expects to construct or design through 2030.

KDOT project manager Steve Rockers said the study — built from two years of public engagement — centered on two priorities: reducing crash risk and improving mobility through the corridor. "My name is Steve Rockers. I am a project manager," he said, describing the process of identifying locations for treatment and the outreach to communities along the highway.

Jeff Fisher, a KDOT project lead, told commissioners that KDOT identified 11 improvement locations, several of which are bundled as committed projects with…