The city of Hays is among 23 Kansas towns selected for grants from the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) for projects to improve intersections and roads.
Norton, Colby and Phillipsburg will also receive KDOT grants.
KDOT’s City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP) funds improvements to state highways that extend through cities.
John Braun, project manager for the city of Hays, says the Hays award of $1 million will be used for reconstruction of south Vine Street/Highway 183 in state fiscal year 2021 – a $4 million dollar project.
“This will start south of 13th Street – about where McDonald’s is – south through the intersection with the Highway 40 Bypass.
(Read more: Hays Post)