Lawmakers reticent about locking up highway money
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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...