The Kansas Department of Transportation announced approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. Two of those projects are in Franklin County. The first on I-35 from 8 and half miles north of the 59 South junction to the Miami County line…guard fence will be installed by J & J Contractors from Iola for just over a million dollars. The second will also be on I-35, beginning at the Osage/Franklin county line, northbound for 11 miles, more fence guard installed by the same company.
More guard fence will be installed by J & J Contractors on I-25 from the Rock Creek Bridge to the Osage/Franklin County line, also by J & J. There will also be some milling done at various locations in Franklin, Anderson and Miami County. It is “orange cone season:. All motorists are urged to be extra cautious as they travel the highways and byways of Kansas
