Governor Laura Kelly announces more than $8.8 million from the Kansas High-Risk Rural Roads Program, going to nineteen rural counties to improve the safety and efficiency of roads and local roadways.
The HRRR program is a federally funded initiative designed to improve safety on rural roads through state and local partnerships. This year’s 19 HRRR projects were selected from 50 applications seeking $30.3 million in federal funds. Kansas HRRR funds cover 90-100 percent of the total project cost, with the counties making up the difference if necessary.
Projects in this program fall into one of two categories: Systemic (encompassing a local roadway network) or Site Specific. Projects in the Systemic category are 100% federally funded, and Site Specific projects are 90% federally funded.
Funds for Federal Fiscal Year 2025 include $400,000 for Systemic projects for Cherokee County, upgrading signing on all major collectors in the west half of the county, and $682,000 for Site Specific projects in Crawford County, adding SafetyEdge, flattening ditch foreslopes, and installing 6” white edge lines on S. 200th Street.
