Kansas Department of Transportation’s approved bids for highway construction and maintenance projects include a sealing project for state Highway 170 from northeast of Emporia to Osage City. The bid letting took place July 19, 2023, in Topeka.

The K-170 multi-county project will seal 21.4 miles, from the junction of state Highway 99 and K-170 east to the Lyon-Osage county line in Lyon County, and from the county line east and north to the south city limits of Osage City.

Vance Brothers Inc., Kansas City, Mo., submitted the winning bid of $1,088,973.36 for the project.

A connecting project in Lyon County will seal 9.1 miles from the K-170 and K-99 junction north to the U.S. Highway 56 and K-99 junction. Vance Brothers also won the bid for that stretch at $434,222.72.

Information thanks to KDOT.