COVID-19 strikes KDOT as winter moves into state
The timing couldn't be any worse for the state's Transportation Department.
As winter season moves into Kansas, transportation officials are grappling with a rapid rise...
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...
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...
Leading lawmakers thumbs down on road-use charge
Leading lawmakers on Wednesday bristled at the idea of moving away from a fuel tax to fund roads to a tax based on how...
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...
AAA seeks improved traffic safety laws for mobile phones, passing vehicles
AAA Kansas on Tuesday lobbied for new laws that it hopes will improve traffic safety, including one bill that would bar anyone under 18...
Legislature sends expanded tolling bill to the governor
The Legislature on Friday sent the governor a bill that for the first time could expand tolling beyond the Kansas Turnpike.
The bill, backed by...
State adds $350 million to highway construction pipeline
The state Transportation Department on Thursday committed to constructing $350 million in new highway projects from 2026 to 2028.
The agency added seven expansion and...
House departs from Senate, reworks transportation bill
A House panel on Thursday rewrote a proposed 10-year transportation bill that departs markedly from one crafted by state senators.
Republican House members on the...
Gas tax bills running out of fuel
A Legislature eager to cut taxes probably has little interest in raising the state's gas tax to pay for a new multiyear transportation program,...
