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Lawmakers reticent about locking up highway money

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The idea looks good on paper. Pass a constitutional amendment locking up billions of dollars in highway money that's been used to balance the budget. In...

State announces funding for transportation projects

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The state Transportation Department on Tuesday announced 22 projects that will share in a $50 million pot of money approved by the Legislature last...

Trucking industry battles bill expanding tolling

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The state's trucking industry on Thursday came out against a proposal that could expand tolling beyond the Kansas Turnpike. The Kansas Motor Carriers Association locked...

KDOT sounds warning about House transportation bill

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Gov. Laura Kelly's administration on Monday warned that a provision in a transportation bill authored by the House could lower the highway department's bond...

KDOT places $1.6 billion in road projects in pipeline

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Highway planners are starting design and engineering work on $1.6 billion worth of road projects as the state launches a new multiyear transportation program...

KDOT seeks to rework new tolling law

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Public transit could be funded with tolling revenue generated from new highway lanes built under a law enacted two years ago. The House transportation committee...

Kansas road maintenance dips to lowest level since at least 2000

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Upkeep of Kansas roads and highways dipped to its lowest point since at least 2000 last year after hundreds of millions of dollars were...

UPDATED: Employee turnover presents challenges for transportation department

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(Updated to reflect that 54 engineers can either retire now or within three years not months) The Kansas highway department is a training ground for...

Lawmakers working on transportation-funding bills

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Lawmakers are working on a package of bills that could help raise money for a multiyear transportation program recommended by a recent task force. Attorneys...

Final appointments round out transportation task force

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The final appointments to a new transportation task force are now in and the panel is complete. This week, Economic Lifelines named three appointments to...