KDOT Awards 25 Transportation Alternatives Projects

April 17, 2016
Twenty-five projects that advance a host of transportation initiatives have been selected for funding through the Transportation Alternatives program with the Kansas Department of Transportation.

Twenty-five projects that advance a host of transportation initiatives have been selected for funding through the Transportation Alternatives program with the Kansas Department of Transportation.

Eligible projects include facilities for pedestrians and bicycles, scenic or historical highway programs, landscaping and scenic beautification, historic preservation of transportation facilities, conversion of abandoned railway corridors to trails, control or removal of outdoor advertising, archaeological planning and research related to transportation, and the Safe Routes to School program.

“We received 48 applications and chose projects that would best strengthen non-motorized transportation for Kansans of all ages and abilities,” said Mike Spadafore, KDOT coordinator for the Transportation Alternatives program. “We were pleased to see a wide variety of applications, and so many that used local collaboration that showed public support of their projects.”

Each project sponsor must commit to a minimum 20 percent match. See below for the list of projects: 

Project Sponsor

Project Title/Description

Federal request

Local match

Total project cost

Atchison

800 Block of Commercial, Streetscape Improvements

845,186

211,296

1,056,482

Bird City

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Phase 2: Infrastructure

200,000

75,700

275,700

Caldwell

SRTS Phase 2: Infrastructure

200,000

96,192

296,192

Cimarron

SRTS Phase 2: Infrastructure

200,000

50,000

250,000

Coffeyville

SRTS Phase 1: Planning

12,000

3,000

15,000

Cottonwood Falls

Pearl Street, Brick Improvements

573,656

207,014

780,670

Dodge City

Heritage District Beautification Project

154,152

38,538

192,690

Eudora

Eudora South Trail - Phase 2

261,886

65,472

327,358

Fort Scott

Long Shoals Historic Parker Truss Bridge

600,000

151,978

751,978

Garden City

Pioneer Pathway

246,400

61,600

308,000

Hutchinson

Multi-Use Trail along State Fair Road

455,300

113,825

569,125

Iola

SRTS Phase 2: Infrastructure

144,240

36,060

180,300

Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism

Flint Hills Nature Trail

3,046,463

761,616

3,808,079

Lawrence

SRTS Phase 2: Infrastructure

189,156

47,289

236,445

Lebo

Downtown Streetscape Improvements

563,100

918,783

1,481,883

Lindsborg

Valkommen Trail Phase 2

721,570

278,893

1,000,463

Manhattan

SRTS Phase 2: Infrastructure

200,000

69,147

269,147

Manhattan

Juliette Ave. Phase 2: Brick reconstruction

452,582

113,146

565,728

Manhattan

Old Big Blue River: stormwater management

1,122,372

448,000

1,570,372

Marion

Main Street Revitalization, 1st to 5th

715,904

178,976

894,880

Marysville

Crosswalk Enhancements

87,400

21,850

109,250

McPherson

Avenue A/Centennial Drive multiuse trail

1,102,144

275,536

1,377,680

Pittsburg

SRTS Phase 2: Infrastructure

187,348

46,837

234,185

Topeka Metro

ADA-accessible bus stops

713,544

178,386

891,930

USD 364 Marysville

SRTS Phase 1: Planning

3,600

900

4,500