Summary of K-68 Corridor: Spring Valley Road East to US-69

KDOT

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Amended Project

This project has been amended in the following way.

Update cost and transfer project from low priority illustrative to constrained project listing.

Project Number: 1309
Organization: KDOT
Project Name: K-68 Corridor: Spring Valley Road East to US-69
City(ies), County(ies), State: Miami County, KS
Routes, interchanges and/or intersections: K-68
Primary Project Mode: Highway/roadway 
Supplementary Project Mode(s): * Active Transportation * Freight )
This project is to construct K-68 from a 2 lane roadway to a 4 lane expressway. The facility is already a major traffic carrier and growth area for Miami County, and this project will support existing traffic and encourage increased use by freight and motorists in and through the region. While there is not currently any transit service along the facility, one day regional service may operate along this corridor. Bicyclists would be incorporated via travel on a 10 shoulder.
Project Purpose: * System expansion (added capacity) * System preservation, rehabilitation or replacement )
Project Description: The intent of this project is to construct 8 miles of a 4 lane expressway from Spring Valley Road East to US-69 with access roads at various locations on K-68. The primary users would be motorists and freight. Bicyclists would be accommodated on the shoulder.
Scope: This 13 mile project is to construct a 4 lane expressway from Spring Valley Road East to US-69 with access roads at various locations on K-68. The primary users would be motorists and freight; however, bicyclists are able to use the 10 shoulders along the corridor, but other accommodations are not in the plans. While congestion from a corridor perspective is not significant, congestion does arise as a result of the stopping of school busses to pick up/drop off student and slower moving agriculture equipment using K-68. These congestion points do create safety concerns for motorists passing in the opposing lans and reduced efficiency concerns for the corridor.
Funding Source: KDOT
Total Budget in 2019 Dollars: $59,400,000 - Amended
Total Budget in Year of Expenditure dollars (YOE): $74,800,000 - Amended
Decade: 2020 - Amended
Application Score: 43
Constrained / Illustrative: Constrained - Amended
Priority: Low - Amended
Adds Capacity: Yes

No public comments submitted.

 


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