WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kan., a member of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee – announced in a news release Friday the city of Hays was awarded $6.05 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation for infrastructure improvements along U.S. 183.

The funding would be used for the Access Managed Roundabouts Corridor, which would create roundabouts at 32nd/33rd, 37th and 41st streets along Vine. The estimated cost of the project this summer was $7.6 million.

The funds have been released as part of a new USDOT grant program, known as Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD), which places greater emphasis on rural infrastructure than prior federal transportation grant programs.

“Hays is a growing community that is critical to our state, and I was pleased to help secure federal funding to maintain and improve its surface infrastructure,” Moran said. “I will continue working with my colleagues and local leaders to build on this progress and to advocate for more federal dollars to return to Kansas for improvement projects right here at home.”

In July, Sen. Moran sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao in support of the project.

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