KDOT Awards $5.9M for Local Transportation Projects
State funding will leverage $3.3 million in community matching funds for infrastructure improvements across Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Governor Laura Kelly and Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Calvin Reed announced $5.9 million in awards for 10 transportation construction projects through KDOT's fall 2025 Cost Share Program, with nearly $3.3 million in community matching funds bringing the total investment to more than $9 million for infrastructure improvements. The program, part of Kelly's 10-year bipartisan Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program, focuses on enhancing safety, supporting local economies, and improving connectivity across rural and urban communities. Since launching in fall 2019, the popular Cost Share Program has awarded more than $163 million in state funding to 207 projects statewide while attracting an additional $131 million in local matching funds, making it a cornerstone initiative that allows communities to address their specific transportation priorities with state partnership.
The Fall 2025 Cost Share recipients are:
- City of Atchison – Unity Street Pedestrian Improvements
- City of Canton – Main Street Access Improvements – Allen Street and McPherson Street
- City of Cunningham – Cunningham and Kingman County: Potholes to Progress
- City of Ellis – West 2nd Street Project
- City of Eureka – Jefferson Street Reconstruction
- City of Lucas – Greeley Avenue Improvements
- City of Ottawa – 11th Street Sidewalk – Main Street to Ash Street
- City of Shawnee – 83rd Street and Monticello Terrace Improvements
- Finney County – 2026 Finney County Hot Mix Asphalt Overlays
- Saline County – Assaria Road Improvements
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