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Projects chosen for new Kansas highway program

Projects chosen for new Kansas highway program

Projects chosen for new Kansas highway program

Preliminary engineering work is getting started for 40 major highway projects across the state of Kansas.

The projects are the first ones to move forward under the Eisenhower Transportation Legacy Program, also known as IKE, which was created in March.    Major modernization and expansion projects will be selected every two years rather than once a decade under previous highway programs.   The change allows the state to address the most pressing needs and adjust to changes in state revenue.

One of the projects involves the reconstruction of the North Junction in Sedgwick County, creating a new interchange for I-135, I-235, K-96 and K-254 in north Wichita.   Phase one of the project is already underway at a cost of $65 million, and engineering work will now be done for phase two.   Construction is expected to be several years away, and the cost is expected to be around $80 million for phase two, and $110 million for phase three.     More than 93,000 vehicles per day use the interchange, with an average of 4 crashes per week.

Another project involves the conversion of K-96 into a six-lane freeway between Hillside and Greenwich Road in north Wichita.     This would ease congestion problems for a roadway that gets 62,000 vehicles per day.   The project is expected to cost around $225 million.

 

 

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