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 expectefd to be approved this week by the statetransportationh engineer, spokesman Stan Whitley said Tuesday. The bid was 9.7 percentr lower than the state’s estimatedr cost for the project, $91 million. The project’s two othef bidders were of Chicago, which bid $85.2 million, and of which bid $98.8 million. The bids were opened May 20. The projec will include reconstruction ofthe U.S. 69 interchangees with 95th and 103rd streetzs and the widening of the highway to three lanexs in each direction between 103rd andInterstatde 35. It is expected to ease congestion on the locaol stretchof U.S.
69, where traffic volumex are projected to increasefrom 78,180 vehicles a day to 175,60 0 by 2040, according to a project fact sheet from the Kansase Department of Transportation. The project also will create orsustain 2,730 jobs and generate about $225 million in economic output during the the fact sheet said.