AASHTO - Wed March 13, 2024
Kansas DOT Issues $16.5M for Short Line Rail Projects Through State RSIP
Nearly $16.5 million will go to 17 short line rail expansion and rehabilitation projects in Kansas, funded through the Kansas Department of Transportation's Rail Service Improvement Program or RSIP. Kansas Gov....
Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - Wed March 13, 2024
Gov. Kelly Announces More Than $14M to Improve 37 Kansas Airports
Gov. Laura Kelly announced on March 5 that 58 projects at 37 airports have been selected to receive $14.3 million through the Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP). "Improvements made to our aviation infrastructure are vital to local economies, even in rural parts of Kansas," Kelly said....
Kansas Department of Transportation - Wed February 14, 2024
KDOT Project Wins Top National Award
The Kansas Department of Transportation's I-70 asphalt improvement project in Gove County received the 2023 Sheldon G. Hayes Award — the top paving award from the National Asphalt Pavement Association....
SurePoint Ag Systems - Mon January 29, 2024
SurePoint Ag Systems Announces Plans for New Facility
SurePoint Ag Systems announced plans to build a new office and production facility. This innovative facility will be located on the SurePoint campus four miles north of Atwood, Kan., next to Highway 25....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed January 17, 2024
Shilling Brings Safety to Rural Kansas Highway
For more than a decade, motorists in Kansas drove K-177 like a star running back on their beloved Kansas State Wildcats, weaving around obstacles to record a touchdown. The northern section of this 100-mi.-long state road leading into Manhattan, home to Kansas State University, had no shoulders so a car or truck carrying mammoth farm equipment could drift down an embankment if its wheels slipped off the highway....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon November 20, 2023
McCarthy Building Takes On Kansas Wastewater Project
As the area's second-largest funded wastewater project, a $74 million undertaking by the city of Lawrence, Kan., will better serve the community when it's completed by the end of 2026. The mission is to meet discharge standards while improving reliability....
Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - Wed October 25, 2023
Kansas Adds $350M in Projects to IKE Construction Pipeline
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed announced seven expansion and modernization highway projects — a total investment of more than $350 million — have been committed to construction as part of the Kelly administration's bipartisan 10-year, $10 billion Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program, also known as IKE....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 13, 2023
KDOT's $570M Express Lane Project Aims to Speed Commute
With a continued focus on community input, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is overseeing a $570 million project that will build express toll lanes on U.S. 69 Highway in Overland Park. The mission of 69Express is to help commuters travel to their destinations quickly and safely....
Foley Equipment - Tue August 15, 2023
Foley Equipment Announces Shuttlewagon Dealer Appointment
Foley Equipment Company, headquartered in Wichita, Kan., announced its appointment as the exclusive authorized Shuttlewagon dealer serving Kansas and Missouri effective Aug. 15, 2023. Shuttlewagon, a brand of WABTEC, is a manufacturer of mobile railcar handling solutions....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed June 21, 2023
Bergkamp Builds Highway Across Kansas Prairie
It looked like an easy job. The project called for a 15.5-mi. highway to be built across the flat Kansas prairie where no road had been before. No traffic to contend with. No hills to flatten. No web of utilities and fiber optics to relocate....
