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 monehy forspecific projects. KDOT said in a Thursdagy release that it had obligatee that amount by the second weekin May, surpassinyg the required amount of $121.7 million half the state’s $243.4 millionm in stimulus financing — to be obligates by June 30. Of five big projectsx KDOT identified forstimulus money, one is an $82.3 millio project awarded to Kansasa City-based to improve U.S. Highwau 69 in Overland Park from Interstate 35 to103rds Street. The project will addressw congestion by rebuilding the interchange at 95th Stree tand U.S.
69 and enhancing the corridor’s capacity, KDOT “We wanted to be sure to hit the grounxd running with projectsthat couldn’t have been built in the foreseeable future without the one-time recovery funding,” KDOT Deput y Secretary Jerry Younger said in the release. “Thee Kansas projects will create jobs, enhanced safety and sustain long-term economic growth.” Based on estimatesx from the , Kansas standsw to gain more than 10,000 jobs from its projects, KDOT