Work will include adding shoulders to existing roads

Jerry Moran, R-Kan., saying Moran has been been instrumental in helping the tribe meet its needs in the areas of infrastructure and agriculture. Reliable road infrastructure is vital to ensuring safe transportation for residents, especially for school buses taking children to off-reservation schools, Rupnick said.

Department of Transportation awarded the reservation a $17.1 million grant. More resurfacing of roadways in the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation will soon commence after the U.S. Tribal chairman: Road infrastructure is vitalīarricades stop traffic on the intersection of 158th Road and K Road in Jackson County Thursday. The tribe will then carry out the project's fourth phase, which will involve further improvements, it said. 'Phases II and III, funded by the RAISE grant, will encompass the patching, repair and overlay of designated paved roads within the community,' that site said. That work is underway and is financed in part by a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation, the tribe said on its website. The project's first phase involves the full-depth replacement of 4.25 miles of asphalt road. The work financed by the grant will be part of a four-phase road repair and rehabilitation project being carried out by the tribe. Over 4 miles of road will get full-depth replacement The tribe's status as a 'historically disadvantaged community' was among things taken into account as its application was considered, the agency said. RAISE stands for 'Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity.' The transportation department awarded the recently announced grant through its RAISE program, it said on page 58 of an online fact sheet.

Feds took into account that Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation was 'historically disadvantaged' 'These problems have been exacerbated by soil movement and water damage, making the roads increasingly hazardous for drivers and reducing their useful lifespan,' it said. Department of Transportation, shows a stretch of road expected to benefit from a $17.1 million grant to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to finance projects that include patching, overlaying and repairing asphalt roads.īut time and weather have brought cracking and separation to the surfaces of the tribe's paved roads, its website said. This photo, which appeared in a fact sheet published online by the U.S.

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