Kansas governor affairs to absorb Turnpike Authority into DOT

Kansas governor affairs to absorb Turnpike Authority into DOT

When you apprehend Governor Sam Brownback explain it, you accept to admiration why it took so continued to appear to the ability that balance authority is costing Kansas taxpayers and motorists money they can ill allow to waste.

Brownback appear aftermost anniversary that he wants to abate the Kansas Turnpike Authority and put operations of the Turnpike beneath the secretary of transportation. In his contempo 2013 Accompaniment of the Accompaniment accent to the assembly Brownback said:

"One of the clearest examples of duplication in accompaniment government is the actuality that we accept two artery departments: the Kansas Department of Transportation, and the Kansas Turnpike Authority.

"It is time that we apprehend the efficiencies to be acquired by agreement these two operations beneath the aforementioned umbrella. We don’t charge two artery departments in Kansas. One is enough," said Brownback.

How will the accompaniment booty over the Turnpike operations? Those capacity are sketchy. Turnpike agents were afraid by the Governor's proposal. Brownback who has been governor for two years had not mentioned it before. It about absolutely requires legislation to apparatus the Governor's plan, and no legislation is yet written. 

The Governor's account presented the abutting day appropriate the assimilation of the Freeway into the accompaniment DOT would save $15m over two years.

According to tollroadsnews.com, the Freeway lath and agents accept said annihilation abundant about about the proposal, except that they are inquiring about what is proposed. The amount was not discussed at the Freeway Authority lath affair anon afterwards the Governor's speech.

Chief controlling administrator of the Freeway for 18 years, Michael Johnston has fabricated no comment.

The Freeway has neary 500 advisers who are led by Johnston and eight added executives. Johnston is a above secretary of the DOT (1991-94).

KDOT has about 2,800 advisers and a account of $1.6 billion.

Independent freeway agencies like Kansas accommodate Maine, New York Accompaniment Thruway, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Illinois, Maryland.

Turnpikes that accept been captivated into the accompaniment DOT accommodate Florida, New Hampshire, Delaware, Massachusetts, Texas and North Carolina.

Abolished accompaniment freeway agencies accommodate Connecticut which de-tolled and Indiana which privatized into a longterm lease/concession.

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