News and Announcements

News Releases - 2016

KDOT announces approved December bids (12/27/2016)

Hansen-Nagy retires from KDOT (12/19/16)

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (12/15/2016)

Hepp retires from KDOT (12/14/16)

Mitchell retires from KDOT (12/14/16)

KDOT crews ready for winter (12/5/2016)

KDOT announces approved November bids (11/30/2016)

Final Milestone Celebrated on Mega Johnson County Gateway Project (11/30/2016)

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (11/16/16)

Kansas UAS program tests drones for bridge, tower inspections (11/7/16)

KDOT announces approved October bids (11/2/16) 

Air ambulance service now accessible to more Kansans, report shows (10/21/16) 

KDOT requesting comments on STIP amendment (10/20/16) 

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (10/20/16)

Deer-vehicle crashes increase in fall (10/13/16) 

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH SUMMARY Statewide Deer Crashes (10/13/16) 

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH SUMMARY Statewide Deer Crashes by County (10/13/16) 

Improving safety can help put the brakes on fatalities (10/10/16) 

Impaired-goggles tricycle race, speakers highlight Oct. 10 safety event (10/6/16) 

KDOT announces approved September bids (10/4/16) 

KDOT requesting comments on STIP amendment (9/29/16) 

Kansas highway system ranked 3rd in national report (9/22/16) 

KDOT to hold public transit workshops (9/21/16) 

Parcells retires from KDOT (9/20/16) 

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (9/19/16) 

Kansas aviation, airports to be highlighted during 2016 Fly Kansas Air Tour (9/15/16) 

Blog highlights need for safety on roadways (9/13/16) 

Quality of Kansas roads top 90 percent, far exceeding performance targets (9/9/16) 

Deadlines approaching for statewide kids’ contests (9/6/16) 

Safety on roadways still a priority as summer ends (9/1/16) 

Drivers in Kansas are hitting the road, now more than ever (8/26/16) 

KDOT announces approved August bids (8/26/16)

I-70 closed in Lincoln County (8/25/16)

Task force to examine use of drones in public, private sectors (8/24/16)

Drinking and driving? Not a good choice. (8/17/16)

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (8/15/16) 

KDOT requesting comments on STIP document (8/11/16) 

"You drink. You drive. You lose." starts (8/11/16) 

Contests aim to Put the Brakes on Fatalities (8/9/16)

Garden City shipping center helped by KDOT Contribution (8/8/16)

Amtrak President & CEO makes "whistle-stops" this week at Southwest Chief cities (8/3/16)

KDOT announces approved July bids (7/26/16) 

St. Marys resident named Interim Transportation Secretary (7/19/16) 

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (7/18/16) 

Horinek retires from KDOT (7/8/16) 

KDOT announces approved June bids (7/7/16) 

Construction of Great Bend shipping center officially underway (7/6/16) 

Bob Brock selected to be Kansas' first Director of UAS (7/5/16) 

UAS director to be introduced (6/30/16) 

Travel, celebrate Independence Day safely (6/29/16)

Thompson named KDOT Director of Operations (6/29/16)

KDOT requesting comments on STIP amendment (6/23/16) 

New Kansas bicycle map available (6/21/16) 

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (6/16/16) 

Work zone crashes are costly in many ways (6/13/16) 

KDOT announces approved May bids (6/10/16) 

Seitz selected as KDOT division director (6/9/16) 

Land and Sky Scenic Byway officially designated in northwest Kansas (6/8/16) 

Study offers recommendations to address truck parking issues (6/1/16) 

KDOT veteran named State Transportation Engineer (5/31/16) 

Kansas joins the Monarch Highway (5/26/16) 

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (5/19/16) 

"Click it. Or ticket." campaign seeks to reduce traffic injuries, deaths (5/11/16) 

"Click it. Or ticket." starts in Kansas (5/5/16) 

KDOT announces approved April bids (5/2/16)

KDOT requesting comments on STIP amendment (4/28/16)

9 airports to receive funding under Kansas Airport Improvement Program (4/21/16)

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (4/21/16)

KDOT to delay expansion, modernization projects for FY 2017-18 (4/20/16)

People Saving People recipients announced (4/20/16) 

KDOT awards 25 Transportation Alternative projects (4/15/16) 

Improving safety in highway work zones (4/13/16) 

Orange is the color of the week (4/11/16) 

Media invited to work zone safety event (4/11/16) 

KDOT Announces Approved March Bids (4/6/16) 

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (3/17/16) 

Annual traffic safety conference scheduled for April 18-20 in Topeka (3/7/16) 

Political signs not allowed on highway right of way (3/3/16) 

KDOT announces approved February bids (3/1/16) 

McAdoo retires from KDOT (2/29/16) 

Pontious retires from KDOT (2/29/16) 

KDOT requesting comments on STIP amendment (2/25/16) 

Businessman selected to lead KDOT’s Division of Aviation (2/23/16) 

Preliminary engineering to begin for Great Bend shipping facility (2/11/16) 

KDOT announces approved January bids (2/8/16) 

KDOT announces Phase I projects for Kansas airport improvements (2/3/16) 

Travel to central, western Kansas discouraged (2/2/16) 

Game Plan for Super Bowl Sunday? Don’t Drink and Drive (2/2/16) 

People Saving People nominations now being accepted by KDOT (2/1/16) 

KDOT hosts Aviation Day on Feb. 3 at the Capitol (1/28/16) 

Interim state aviation director named (1/22/16) 

KDOT employees celebrate service anniversaries (1/19/16) 

KDOT opens office on KU campus (1/6/16)