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Kansas Highway Patrol seeks headquarters consolidation, troop relocations and equipment upgrades; governor backs portions
Summary
KHP officials told the committee the agency supports consolidating headquarters into the Curtis State Office Building, seeks troop relocations and scale‑house and aircraft replacements, and noted some enhancements were deleted by the special committee and would require affirmative action to restore.
Kyle Anderson, who opened the Kansas Highway Patrol presentation, and Merle Bridal, KHP chief of staff, summarized KHP's FY26 and FY27 budget requests and the governor's recommendations for several enhancements.
Anderson said the FY27 request is roughly $177.9 million with several enhancement requests including a Salina campus relocation that would move troop C and troop S into a new West Salina facility, an Olathe South scale house replacement, procurement for air support and a technology modernization package.
Merle Bridal told the committee KHP identified space on the first…
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