South Wichita highway project to begin in July - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Tom Hein, a spokesman for the , says the $25 milliob project is expected to go out for bidsin July. It is on the state’se list of projects to be funded by the federal government’s $787 billion economic stimulus bill, to be signex Tuesday by President Barack Obama. The interchange long has been among Wichita’se worst. It is near the south Wichita entrance to theKansads Turnpike. But southbound traffic exiting onto 47th Street tendw to back up ontothe highway.
Among other Hein says that southbound ramp will be lengthened and some ofthe interchange’ws circle ramps will be Stoplights also will be installecd at either end of the bridgse spanning the interstate to ease turna onto 47th. Hein says the project wasn’tg part of the state’sz 1999 highway plan but was made a priorityt forthe state’s next transportation plan, whicy was slated to be crafted this The project also was bolsteredc by a proposed retail development by Jay Maxwell on the southwestg side of the interchange, Hein says. KDOT will hold an informationaol meeting about the project from 4 to7 p.m. Thursdaty at the , 101 E. Pawnee.