“This U.S. 169 project is a true connection point between delivering on the promises of our past transportation program, T-WORKS, and serving as a guidepost for the work we want to do under our next program, FORWARD,” said Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz.
Trisha Purdon, Executive Director of the Montgomery County Action Council, and Mark Bettis, with Bettis Asphalt and Construction, joined Lorenz in speaking prior to the groundbreaking event.
“This project was identified as a No. 1 priority for the entire region," Purdon said. "Counties from the Oklahoma border all the way to Kansas City said this project was a priority."
“What this project means for this road is reconstructed pavement, improved shoulders where we currently have them, and new 10-foot shoulders where we don’t,” Lorenz said. “But what this project means for Kansans is a safer trip to school, commute to work, or transport of goods to market.”
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KDOT has begun reconstructing and rehabilitating seven and a half miles of U.S. 169 from Welda north to the roundabout south of Garnett. Bettis Asphalt and Construction is the primary contractor on the $21-million T-WORKS project, which will add 10-foot shoulders to the roadway and provide a 32-foot clear zone off the highway. The project will also improve the vertical alignment of U.S. 169 to provide more opportunities to safely pass slow-moving vehicles.
