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TRANSPORTATION • Access Management — Purpose of the program
PARTNERS is to promote safe, efficient traffic flow on
the State Highway System while allowing for
reasonable access to adjacent properties.
Perhaps in more than any area of planning, › Includes both access planning and
transportation involves coordinated efforts and construction components.
funding streams between different levels of
government. Pottawatomie County’s transportation › Access Planning designates future access
partners include: points to the state highway, retrofits for
existing connections and promotes a
Kansas Department of Transportation complementary local road network.
› KDOT’s construction program is a
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is
reimbursement program that helps finance
the state’s lead agency for overseeing the construction
improvements identified in approved KDOT
and maintenance of the state highway system, with
access plans (up to a maximum of two
additional responsibilities involving aviation, rail, and
million dollars).
transportation planning. Pottawatomie County is
within KDOT’s District 1: Northeast Kansas District, • Off-System Bridge Program — Replaces or
which plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains rehabilitates eligible bridges located on roads
the state transportation system in Pottawatomie that are not on the federal-aid system.
County and sixteen surrounding counties in › There is a one million dollar cap of the
Northeast Kansas. The agency interacts with all federal funding awarded to any off-system
levels of government regarding funding and project bridge project.
implementation, as well as the necessary planning to
set the stage for specific improvements. › Eligible bridges must be located on a road
or street functionally classified as a rural
The KDOT Local Program Opportunities Field minor collector, rural local, or urban local.
Guide, updated in July 2018, provides fact sheets › Eligible bridges must have a current National
on the different funding programs available to Bridge Inspection (NBI) report.
local governments in the state. The fact sheets
provide information on application periods and
eligibility criteria for the funding streams. Several
of these programs may be of particular interest
to Pottawatomie County, including the following
funding sources:

• Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)—
Intended to correct or improve a hazardous road
location or feature or address a highway safety
problem.

› Requires a ten percent local match
minimum.

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