Kansas

Thu September 21, 2017

ARTBA Announces 2017 Division Award Winners

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Sept. 21 recognized transportation design and construction industry leaders with division awards. The association announced the following honorees:Nello L....

Wed September 20, 2017

High-Speed Toll Lane Opens in Kansas

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A lane that allows drivers to pass through tollbooths without slowing down has opened at the Kansas Turnpike's eastern terminal. The single, westbound fast-lane opened to traffic in August near Bonner Springs, the Lawrence Journal-World reported....

Thu September 14, 2017

FAA Announces Another Round of Airport Infrastructure Grants

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced Sept. 13 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $264 million in airport infrastructure grants to 95 airports in 31 states across the United States as part of the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP)....

Wed August 02, 2017

After Fire, Massachusetts City Votes for Safer Building Codes

Waltham, Mass., city councilors voted unanimously July 31, to call on the state of Massachusetts to implement tighter restrictions on the size of wood-frame residential buildings after a massive ten-alarm fire destroyed a wooden apartment complex under construction in late July....

Fri July 14, 2017

Real Estate Associate Program Offers Classes to Multicultural Professionals

Project REAP (Real Estate Associate Program), recognized nationwide as a leading educational diversity initiative that introduces multicultural professionals to commercial real estate (CRE), is returning to New York City this fall....

Jerry Siebenmark - Wed July 12, 2017

Airport Plans $35M Maintenance Project

Wichita Eisenhower National Airport officials are in the early stages of what will be the airport's largest project since construction of the $200 million terminal building and parking garage two years ago....

Scott McFetridge - Wed June 07, 2017

Climate Change Raises New Risk … Are Inland Bridges Too Low?

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A century-old train trestle stands as one of the trophies of Des Moines' push to spruce up its downtown. Bicyclists and pedestrians pose for pictures beside the brightly painted beams of the Red Bridge and gather on viewing platforms overlooking the Des Moines River....

Wed June 07, 2017

New Pipeline Terminal to Move More Than 80K Barrels a Day

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP through its subsidiaries Tallgrass Terminals LLC (Tallgrass Terminals) and Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline LLC (Pony Express), announced an agreement with Saddle Butte Pipeline to develop the Tallgrass Grasslands Terminal....

Thu May 18, 2017

KDOT Employees Celebrate Service Anniversaries

The Kansas Department of Transportation expresses its appreciation for employees celebrating state years-of-service anniversaries in June. KDOT is proud to acknowledge them for the long- term dedication they have provided to the state of Kansas....

Wed May 17, 2017

Firm Proposes Privately Funding Terminal at Kansas City International

A local engineering firm has proposed to privately build and finance a new single terminal at Kansas City International Airport to garner voter approval and finish the airport project. Mayor Sly James told the Kansas City Star the city has been trying for five years to create an airport improvement plan that voters support, but city taxpayers think they would be the ones financing it....