State transportation officials advised Monday that a new cost-share program that Reno County officials hope will pay for half the cost of replacing the 43rd Avenue bridge has drawn close to 100 competing applications. In total, the Kansas Department of Transportation received 92 applications, seeking nearly $242 million in KDOT funds. KDOT, however, has allocated only $50 million in funding for the first year of the program.
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