Kansas transportation projects create and sustain good paying jobs throughout Kansas as illustrated on these documents. Road and bridge projects completed during the 1999-2009 Comprehensive Transportation Program (CTP) program resulted in work for highway contractors and sub contractors as well as hundreds of other companies impacted by the work. Hotels, insurance companies, restaurants, mechanics...dozens of industries received business when a major road or bridge project came to town.

Investing in sustaining our highways and bridges enhances safety and has a positive impact on the economy and create jobs like few other investments can. During the most recent 10 year program, university studies report $5 billion in construction spending sustained 115,000 jobs and returned $3 for every dollar invested in the Kansas economy.

As Kansas looks to rebound from the current economic downturn, the state will need to
modernize its surface transportation system by improving the physical condition of its
transportation network and by enhancing the system’s ability to provide efficient and reliable mobility for residents, visitors and businesses. Making needed improvements to Kansas’s roads, highways, bridges and transit could provide a significant boost to the state’s economy by creating jobs and stimulating long-term economic growth as a result of enhanced mobility.

This report, entitled “Moving Kansas Forward: The Condition and Funding of Kansas‟ Roads, Highways & Bridges,” outlines projects needed in Kansas that improve safety and infrastructure including the I-35/I-435/K-10 interchange in Kansas City and the I-35/ Kellogg/Central interchange complex in Wichita. A comprehensive list of projects that cannot be completed is contained within the report.