Monday, May 16, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will close Somerset Road south of K-68. The closure is expected to take place around 9 a.m. Monday and remain in effect until June 1, weather permitting.
A detour will be signed along K-68, Woodland Road and West 287th Street. This closure is associated with construction on K-68 improvements that started this year.
Persons with questions may contact KDOT Construction Manager Ian Stringham, (913) 942-3158, or Public Affairs Manager Priscilla Petersen, (620) 902-6433. Check KDOT’s updated traveler information website, www.Kandrive.org, for more road condition and construction details.
NEWS
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SPORTS
Prairie View softball defeats Osawatomie and Girard
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COMMUNITY
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