The Kansas Department of Transportation has awarded Hays funding for the city’s fourth grant application to complete the reconstruction of Vine Street. The state will pay 50 percent of the project cost up to $200,000 to repave Vine from 13th to 22nd. Assistant Public Works Director John Braun says this section of Vine appears to have a solid base, which means the city may be able to use a mill and overlay process.
Braun is asking the city commission to allow the city to contract with an engineer to determine if the mill and overlay would be a viable solution. The total project cost is estimated at over $1 million.