By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
In September 2021, the City of Great Bend administration announced the Kansas Department of Transportation was putting together a project to redo the traffic signals at the intersection of 10th Street and McKinley Street. The project started in 2019, when the city applied for a Transportation Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) with no local match.
On Monday, Great Bend Public Works Director Jason Cauley announced sometime in 2025, that project will get started.
"When KDOT put that out to bid, that project was originally estimated at $400,000," said Cauley. "Once the bids were out, it's up to almost a $1 million project. The state decided to go ahead and move forward with it."
Dedicated left-turn signals will be coming to all the traffic lights at 10th and McKinley. Cauley said the improvements next year will also include new technology with cameras at the intersection.