KDOT Conducting Guardrail Survey Along U.S. 77 in Waterville

Beginning Monday, July 22, the Kansas Department of Transportation will conduct a field survey for guardrail improvements on U.S. 77 in Marshall County. The survey area is just east of Minnesota Avenue in Waterville.

The survey is to gather information necessary for the detailed design of the proposed improvements and is expected to be complete by Aug. 16.

Brian Westberg, P.S., Survey Project Manager, BG Consultants, will be in charge of the survey for KDOT.

A member of the survey crew first will contact property owners and/or tenants for permission to enter private property. Survey activities will include the use of survey instruments on the ground to determine locations of existing features within the survey corridor.

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