KDOT

SHARON SPRINGS — Starting in early March, a roadway modernization project will begin on a 5-mile stretch of Kansas 27 in Wallace County near Sharon Springs.

The scope of the project involves new construction on offset alignment to straighten curves and add shoulders on a span of road starting 7 miles north of the Wallace/Greeley County line and ending 2 miles south of the U.S. 40 junction.

Traffic will remain on the current highway while the new roadway is constructed.
Construction will last through the summer and fall, and the road expected to be open to the traveling public by mid-November. The project should be fully completed by spring 2016.

KDOT urges all motorists to be alert, obey the warning signs and “Give ‘em a Brake!” when approaching and driving through the construction zone.

KDOT awarded the construction contract, totaling $9.3 million, to Venture Corporation of Great Bend. The project is funded by T-WORKS, the transportation program passed by the Kansas legislature in May 2010. More information about this and other T-WORKS projects can be found at http://kdotapp.ksdot.org/TWORKS.