The Kansas Contractors Association and Heavy Constructors Association of Greater Kansas City celebrated a major victory Tuesday when the Kansas House of Representatives passed an $8.2 billion transportation improvement program, giving the state Department of Transportation responsibility for managing a ten-year program to upgrade highways, transit, short-line rail and airports.
The bill allocates $2.7 billion in new financing and $5.5 billion in existing state and federal appropriations to projects. The new financing is supported by a one cent sales tax increase, with .4 cents going to highways, $1.7 billion in new bond debt and an increase on registration fees for trucks greater than 16,000 pounds.
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