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Input sought on proposed U.S. 50 expansion

June 14, 2012|By Alejandra Rojas & Robert Marin | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

(DODGE CITY, Kan.) — The Kansas Department of Transportation wants input from two communities on a new highway project.

As part of the state's new 10-year highway plan, called T-Works, KDOT wants to expand U.S. 50 to four lanes between Dodge City and Cimarron.

While the proposal has been made, before construction begins the state wants more input. The next step will be to hold public meetings in both towns. Officials say they want to hear concerns, ideas and questions.

"For several, several years we've always wanted to include the public and their comments because this is something we have learned over the years is very important," said Dale Luedke, area engineer for KDOT.

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Construction on the project is scheduled to begin in 2018. It would last up to three years.

The first public meeting will be June 19 in Cimarron at the 4H building on the Gray County Fairgrounds. The second meeting will be June 20 in Dodge City at the public library at 1001 N. 2nd Ave. Both meetings run from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Click here or on the related link for the latest from KDOT on this and other state T-Works highway projects.

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