Kansas Department of Transportation - Wed October 27, 2021
Kansas DOT Launches Statewide Survey to Explore Future Transportation Funding
The Kansas Department of Transportation on Oct. 14 launched a statewide survey to learn what Kansans think about how highways and bridges are funded. The survey is available on the project webpage at ksdotike.org/RUC-study and will be open through Nov....
Lane Construction - Tue October 26, 2021
Lane Breaks Ground On Kansas City Flood Protection Project
The Lane Construction Corporation, the United States subsidiary of Webuild Group, has broken ground on the Kansas City Levee Flood Risk Management Project. The $258 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contract will reduce the risk of a levee breach and overtopping during future flooding events in the surrounding area....
Mack Trucks - Wed September 01, 2021
Mack Trucks Dealer Nextran Truck Centers Expands Footprint With Acquisition
Longtime Mack Trucks dealer Nextran Truck Centers has acquired Westfall-O'Dell Truck Sales, making the acquisition one of the largest by a Mack dealer in the past five years. The acquisition adds three Mack locations to the Nextran footprint, bringing Nextran's Mack facilities total to 20....
Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - Wed September 01, 2021
Kansas Awards Funds for 10 Short Line Rail Improvements
On Aug. 17, Gov. Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced 10 projects, totaling more than $5.2 million, were awarded as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Short Line Rail Improvement Fund Program....
Foley Equipment - Tue August 03, 2021
Foley Equipment Hosts Invasive Tree Demonstrations
Foley Equipment recently hosted several invasive tree demonstrations to give Kansas and Missouri customers a unique opportunity to try out Cat machines and various attachments. Attendees observed techniques for clearing pasture and brush, as well as cutting and mulching....
Office of the Governor of Kansas - Wed July 21, 2021
Gov. Kelly OKs $129M Kansas Highway Improvement Projects
On July 7, Gov. Laura Kelly announced that six expansion and modernization highway projects in south central Kansas — totaling more than $129 million investments — have been committed to construction as part of the Kelly Administration's bipartisan transportation plan....
Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - Tue June 08, 2021
Kansas Invests $42M to Support Projects
Gov. Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced on May 26 that more than $42 million will support 30 transportation construction projects across Kansas through an expanded list of recipients of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Cost Share Program for spring 2021....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 14, 2021
JE Dunn Resumes Work On K-State's $52M Shamrock Zone
Kansas State University athletics noted a new milestone in its $52 million south end zone football stadium project (SEZ). Located in the Bill Snyder Family Stadium, the SEZ is officially dubbed the Shamrock Zone....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 11, 2020
Kansas' U.S. 169 Project Is Back On
Despite being identified as a number 1 priority, the U.S. 169 reconstruction project in Anderson County, Kan., was placed on delayed status in 2017. "Counties from the Oklahoma border all the way to Kansas City said this project was a priority," said Trisha Purdon, executive director of the Montgomery County Action Council....
Foley Equipment - Mon September 21, 2020
Foley Equipment Moves Olathe, Kan., Facility to Accommodate Growth
Caterpillar dealer Foley Equipment is moving Olathe, Kan., operations to a larger facility to support its growing customer base. Increased capacity will include additional service bays, an expanded parts warehouse and more room for equipment storage....
