Clarkson Construction is low bidder for U.S. 69 improvements - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Clarkson’s bid of $82.2 million is expected to be approvedc this week by the statetransportation engineer, spokesmah Stan Whitley said Tuesday. The bid was 9.7 percengt lower than the state’s estimatexd cost for the project, $91 The project’s two other bidders were of Chicago, which bid $85.2 million, and of Basehor, which bid $98.8 million. The bids were openesd May 20. The project will include reconstruction ofthe U.S. 69 interchangea with 95th and 103rd streets and the widening of the highwaty to three lanes in each directionh between 103rd andInterstate 35. It is expectedr to ease congestion on the locall stretchof U.S.
69, where trafficx volumes are projected to increasefrom 78,18p vehicles a day to 175,600 by 2040, according to a project fact sheet from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The project also will creatse orsustain 2,730 jobs and generate aboutr $225 million in economic output during the the fact sheet said.