Kansas Department of Transportation explained

Headquarters:	Eisenhower St. Office Bldg. 700 SW Harrison St, Topeka, Kansas 66603
Employees:	2,515 (FY17)
Budget:	$1.6 billion (FY12)
Chief1 Name:	Julie Lorenz
Chief1 Position:	Secretary of Transportation
Chief2 Name:	Burt Morey
Chief2 Position:	State Transportation Engineer
Footnotes:	^[1]

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of Kansas.

Funding issues

Since 2012, over $2 billion has been diverted from its coffers to the Kansas general fund and state agencies, earning it the nickname "the bank of KDOT", and jeopardizing the agency's ability to maintain roads in the state.^[2]

Organization

• Secretary of Transportation
  • Deputy Secretary of Transportation
  • State Transportation Engineer
    • Planning and Development Division
    • Aviation Division
    • Engineering and Design Division
    • Operations Division
      • District 1 – Topeka^[3]
      • District 2 – Salina^[4]
      • District 3 – Norton^[5]
      • District 4 – Chanute^[6]
      • District 5 – Hutchinson^[7]
      • District 6 – Garden City^[8]
  • Deputy Secretary of Transportation for Finance and Administration
    • Finance Division
    • Administration Division
  • Special Assistant to the Secretary and Director of Public Affairs
  • Chief Counsel
  • Inspector General

External links

• • Kansas Department of Transportation Annual Reports (KGI Online Library)
• Kansas Department of Transportation News Releases, 1999-present (KGI Online Library)
• Other Kansas Department of Transportation publications available at KGI Online Library
• Early history of State Highway Commission of Kansas from KGI Online Library

Notes and References

1. Web site: KDOT Executive Staff. KSDOT.org. Kansas Department of Transportation. 2009-04-03.
2. Web site: Kansas’ Insane Right-Wing Experiment Is About to Destroy Its Roads. Henry. Grabar. Slate (blog). June 30, 2016.
3. Web site: Kansas Department of Transportation: District 1 Information. 2007-12-10. 2011-11-06. KSDOT.org. Kansas Department of Transportation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111204200524/http://www.ksdot.org:9080/divoperat/district1.asp. 2011-12-04.
4. Web site: Kansas Department of Transportation: District 2 Information. 2009. 2011-11-06. KSDOT.org. Kansas Department of Transportation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111206113553/http://www.ksdot.org:9080/divoperat/district2.asp. 2011-12-06.
5. Web site: Kansas Department of Transportation: District 3 Information. 2009-05-17. 2011-11-06. KSDOT.org. Kansas Department of Transportation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111206113448/http://www.ksdot.org:9080/divoperat/district3.asp. 2011-12-06.
6. Web site: Kansas Department of Transportation: District 4 Information. 2009. 2011-11-06. KSDOT.org. Kansas Department of Transportation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111204194337/http://www.ksdot.org:9080/divoperat/district4.asp. 2011-12-04.
7. Web site: Kansas Department of Transportation: District 5 Information. 2009-07-06. 2011-11-06. KSDOT.org. Kansas Department of Transportation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111206113838/http://www.ksdot.org:9080/divoperat/district5.asp. 2011-12-06.
8. Web site: Kansas Department of Transportation: District 6 Information. 2009. 2011-11-06. KSDOT.org. Kansas Department of Transportation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111129050406/http://www.ksdot.org:9080/divoperat/district6.asp. 2011-11-29.