Senator Marshall Applauds $62.7 Million Awarded to Kansas Communities in BUILD Infrastructure Grants

Great Bend - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), celebrated the awarding of $62.7 million in BUILD grant infrastructure funding to four Kansas communities to support construction, reconstruction, and evaluation projects with significant local impact. Senator Marshall advocated for the BUILD grant funding through letters of support for all four projects.

"I'm always glad to see federal infrastructure dollars come home to Kansas, and I was proud to support all four of these projects," said Senator Mashall. "Each one solves a real, specific problem - safer freight access for our ag producers in Pawnee County, better flood protection and sidewalks in Junction City, smarter interchanges in Lenexa and Wichita. This is what good infrastructure investment looks like: targeted, practical, and built around what our communities actually need."

Projects which received federal BUILD Grant dollars:

• $20,255,000 to Pawnee County: Reconstruction and pavement of roadway and main access roads to Pawnee Feedlot to widen the road and increase turn radii for freight access.
• $23,996,000 to Junction City: Reconstruction of Grant Avenue with increased safety improvements, resilient floodplain design, and sidewalks and street crossings.
• $16,000,000 to Lenexa: Construction of new interchange at K-10 and Lone Elm Road, auxiliary lanes between K-7 and Woodland Road, and a north-south connection across K-10 with shared-use paths.
• $2,400,000 to Wichita: Evaluation and engineering design of new intersection configurations, roundabout interchanges, and pedestrian infrastructure on the US 54/400 and Eisenhower Airport Parkway interchange.

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