By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
A resolution to enter into an agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation will wait to upgrade the traffic signals at the intersection of 10th Street and McKinley Street in Great Bend.
The City of Great Bend currently has left-turn lanes with no turn signals on McKinley Street. A project, fully funded by federal and state aid programs, will create dedicated left-turn signals for all the traffic lights at the intersection.
Great Bend City Attorney Allen Glendenning suggested tabling the agreement due to new information.
"When the agenda was prepared there was information you received," said Glendenning. "After that, KDOT got ahold of us and indicated they wanted to send us a revised contract because there have been issues that have come up with requiring right-of-way. We're going to have to resolve these that were not dealt with in the original contract. I have been in contact with the chief counsel at KDOT to work that out."
The Great Bend City Council voted 5-0 to table the agenda item for a future meeting.
The project started in 2019 when the city applied for a Transportation Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) for the 10th and McKinley intersection. There is no local match required.