The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the
U.S. state
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
.
Funding issues
Since 2012, over $2 billion has been diverted from its coffers to the Kansas general fund and state agencies, earning it the nickname "the bank of KDOT", and jeopardizing the agency's ability to maintain roads in the state.
Organization
* Secretary of Transportation
** Deputy Secretary of Transportation
**State Transportation Engineer
*** Planning and Development Division
*** Aviation Division
*** Engineering and Design Division
*** Operations Division
**** District 1 –
Topeka
Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central Un ...
**** District 2 –
Salina
**** District 3 –
Norton Norton may refer to:
Places
Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include: Canada
*Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan
*Norton Parish, New Brunswick
**Norton, New Brunswick, a ...
**** District 4 –
Chanute
**** District 5 –
Hutchinson
**** District 6 –
Garden City
** Deputy Secretary of Transportation for Finance and Administration
*** Finance Division
*** Administration Division
** Special Assistant to the Secretary and Director of Public Affairs
** Chief Counsel
** Inspector General
References
External links
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Kansas Department of Transportation Annual Reports (KGI Online Library)Kansas Department of Transportation News Releases, 1999-present (KGI Online Library)Other Kansas Department of Transportation publications available at KGI Online LibraryEarly history of State Highway Commssion of Kansas from KGI Online Library
Transportation
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...
State departments of transportation of the United States
Transportation in Kansas
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