WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it will invest more than $53 million to improve Kansas Highway 96 in Wichita.
The grant will fund the reconstruction and widening of the highway, expanding it from four to six lanes between Hydraulic Avenue and half a mile east of Oliver Avenue.
Funded through the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highway Projects program, the project aims to eliminate the freight bottleneck on the highway, which is projected to serve 5,000 trucks daily.
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More than $370 million was awarded to 11 other highway projects across the country as part of this initiative.
“From upgrading decades-old freight infrastructure to building new highways, this Administration is committed to making our supply chains resilient,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a news release…