High winds across Kansas on Wednesday, caused widespread damage. The Kansas Department of Transportation want to alert motorists this includes knocking down or shearing off of traffic signs, including stop and other regulatory signs, primarily in Central and Western parts of the state.
Work has begun to replace missing signs and overall assessments of the number of signs down. If you see a sign down or blown over, away from the roadway, please contact the nearest KDOT office with the highway name, intersection, nearest town and county name.
Repair and replacement of sigs is going to take some time, as many lost or damaged signs will have to be ordered and produced. The missing or down sign problem is widespread across the northwest and southwest Kansas — hundreds of signs are affected in every county to some degree. It is estimated that 100 signs are missing in and around counties surrounding Great Bend and about 100 signs are missing or down in North Central Kansas. Northeast and Southeast Kansas had minimal losses and most of the missing signs have been able to be replaced in those areas.
