KDOT Secretary: Midpoint of IKE Program Shows Delivery but Inflation Will Reduce What Can Be Built
Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed told the Senate Transportation Committee the IKE program has delivered thousands of miles of road and hundreds of bridges but faces construction-cost inflation and flat fuel-tax revenue; KDOT projects $11.5 billion in program spending and plans a February opening for the US 69 Express project.
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Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed told the Senate Transportation Committee that the state has reached the midpoint of the 10-year Eisenhower Legacy Transportation (IKE) program, and while KDOT has delivered substantial work, construction inflation and constrained revenue will limit the quantity of projects completed.
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