KDOT cuts take a bite out of jobs market, local economies

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April 27, 2016 - 12:00 AM

Lots of good-paying jobs are falling victim in Kansas’s “March to zero” — Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to eliminate the state income tax.

Not the least are positions with road and bridge construction.

Typically, the state schedules 1,200 miles of road construction a year. For 2016, only 200 miles are scheduled to be repaired, according to the Kansas Contractors Association that represents road construction firms and laborers. 

As for the state’s 25,000 bridges, normally 115 are scheduled for maintenance. This year, about half that amount — 58 — are on the roster.

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