Kansas Department of Transportation directs $196M in stimulus money - Kansas City Business Journal:

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million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 moneu forspecific projects. KDOT said in a Thursday release that it had obligatedf that amount by the second weekin May, surpassin g the required amount of $121.7 million — half the state’s $243.4 million in stimulus financing — to be obligated by June 30. Of five big project s KDOT identified forstimulus money, one is an $82.3 million project awarded to Kansase City-based to improve U.S. Highwayt 69 in Overland Park from Interstate 35 to103rr Street. The project will addresas congestion by rebuilding the interchange at 95th Streetand U.S. 69 and enhancinfg the corridor’s capacity, KDOT said.
“We wantec to be sure to hit the ground runningh with projectsthat couldn’t have been built in the foreseeablr future without the one-tim recovery funding,” KDOT Deputy Secretary Jerry Youngef said in the release. “The Kansas projects will create enhance safety andsustain long-term economic growth.” Based on estimatees from the , Kansas stands to gain more than 10,000 jobs from its KDOT said.