Finding federal funding to help replace Topeka’s Polk-Quincy Viaduct and construct a downstream Kansas River weir was the focus of conversations Mayor Michelle De La Isla and city manager Brent Trout had last week with members of the Kansas congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., they said Tuesday.
Trout and De La Isla met with U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins and staff members for U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran during a visit to the nation’s capital, which took place Dec. 4 and 5, Trout said at the monthly news conference he and De La Isla hold at City Hall.
“It was a worthwhile trip,” De La Isla said.
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