KDOT Secretary Miller on Cutting Costs and Speeding Project Delivery

Mid-America Freight Coalition 

Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Deb Miller testified (on behalf of AASHTO) before the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcomittee on Highways and Transit and made recommendations for cutting costs and expediting project delivery on major infrastructure projects.

Miller concluded her remarks by saying, “it is essential to find ways to deliver a better product, faster, cheaper and with better environmental results. We need more tools and ideas to stretch our precious resources and to enable us to deliver the best possible value to our customers for their transportation investments.”

For more information, read the AASHTO press release or the full transcript of Miller’s testimony.

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