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Kansas is getting more than half a billion dollars from the federal government to spend on infrastructure.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced Tuesday that it had allocated $585 million to Kansas in fiscal year 2025. The money for the state is part of the fourth year of funding under the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, with $62 billion allocated nationwide this fiscal year.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement that the funding “will help communities in Kansas continue to rebuild roads and bridges, implement new and innovative transportation solutions, strengthen our supply chains, and create good-paying jobs nationwide.”
“These investments keep Americans safer, promote efficiency, advance our climate goals, and spur technological innovation,” said acting federal highway administrator Kristin White. “This funding also creates good-paying, high-skilled jobs and helps to reconnect communities, improving the lives of every American.”
Cheryl Cadue, a spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Transportation, said the federal formula funding goes to highway programs, as well as a bridge program and an electric vehicle infrastructure program.
“Kansas’ transportation infrastructure is critical to attracting businesses and growing our economy and communities,” Gov. Laura Kelly said in a statement. “We appreciate this investment, which will ensure we have the resources needed to improve the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our roads, bridges, and highways.”
Kansas FY 25 funding from BIL
The $585 million comes from 11 different programs.
- National Highway Performance Program: $297.6 million.
- Surface Transportation Block Grant Program: $144.8 million.
- Highway Safety Improvement Program: $27.1 million.
- Railway-Highway Crossings Program: $6.6 million.
- Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement Program: $11 million.
- Metropolitan Planning: $2.7 million.
- National Highway Freight Program: $13.9 million.
- Carbon Reduction Program: $12.9 million.
- PROTECT Formula Program: $14.7 million.
- National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program: $8.4 million.
- Bridge Formula Program: $45 million.
Jason Alatidd is a Statehouse reporter for The Topeka Capital-Journal. He can be reached by email at jalatidd@gannett.com. Follow him on XÂ @Jason_Alatidd.