Montgomery, Chautauqua, Labette, and Neosho counties are to receive state assistance for local bridge projects. Governor Laura Kelly announced the first of two local bridge improvement programs taking advantage of new revenue created by the federally approved Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

 

This round of selections by the Off System Program received 99 applications with requests totaling more than $83M.

 

22 were approved for the fiscal year 2024 including Montgomery County for the bridge on 1800 Road, 1.5 east of Coffeyville. The county’s share will be nearly $71,000 and the state will kick in almost $1.5 million.

 

Chautauqua County for the bridge 6 tenths of a mile south and 2 miles east of Cedar Vale will contribute $60,000, but the state’s share will be $600,000.

 

In Labette County, the bridge on 25000 Road, 4 miles east of Parsons will be replaced. The county’s share is almost $104,000 and the state will fund $960,000 of the project.

 

Neosho County’s bridge 2 miles north of Chanute was approved for replacement with the county’s share slated to be just over $2.2M and the state’s portion will be $5.4M. The funding for it comes from the Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program for the fiscal year 2023. Labette County was one of the 11 selected from the 114 requests totaling more than $126M.