U.S. Senator from Kansas, Dr. Roger Marshall, has announced more than $37 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program, for improving roadway safety.
“Every Kansan deserves to get home safely. Whether they’re driving to work, taking their kids to school, or walking across the street,” said Senator Marshall.
A huge chunk of that money, $20 million, goes to the City of Wichita for multimodal safety improvements along Broadway Avenue.
The funding will support improvements along a seven-mile corridor of Broadway from 37th Street North, to S. Pawnee Street. The corridor is part of the region’s high-injury network, with 51 fatal and injury crashes between 2018 and 2022.
The enhancements are expected to reduce pedestrian, bicyclist, and intersection crashes and better manage speed.
The Safe Streets and Roads for All program is a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative providing federal funding to help communities prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries through data-driven safety improvements.