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Poll: Most want four-lane highway from Garden City to Dodge City

Published 8/27/2009 in Local News

By The Telegram

Establishing a four-lane highway from Garden City to Dodge City should be the top transportation goal for the Southwest Kansas Coalition, many voters in the latest GCTelegram.com poll said.

Four-laning U.S. Highway 50/400 from Garden City to Dodge was the most popular choice out of four goals being discussed by the coalition, with 238 votes out of 609 (39.08 percent) in favor of that choice.

The second-most popular choice was four-laning U.S. Highway 54/400 from Mullinville to Kingman, with 156 votes (25.62 percent) for this option. This idea emerged as the top priority of coalition members — officials from Garden City, Dodge City and Liberal — with the thought that it would be the best way for the Kansas Department of Transportation to eventually bring a four-lane highway out to far southwest Kansas.

Other options include:

  • Four-laning U.S. Highway 54 from Liberal to Mullinville — 125 votes (20.53 percent)
  • Adding passing lanes on U.S. Highway 83 from the Oklahoma state line to Interstate 70 — 78 votes (12.81 percent)
  • Something else — 12 votes (1.97 percent)

The GCTelegram.com poll allows no more than one vote per day from a single computer.

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Imagine that!

Imagine that! A poll conducted in Garden City, in the Garden City newspaper, favors a project that would benefit Garden City! Were you surprised by the results? I have been following the SKC and I believe they have hit the nail on the head with the 54/400 project.

Posted by: Mark Joseph Wilson on 8/28/2009