If you are planning on moving to Kansas City anytime in the near future, you may begin to see some highway delays due to construction. An organization that represents the highway construction in Topeka, Kansas plans to lobby Kansas State Legislature in order to prevent the transfer of highway funds to the general fund.

As local Kansas City movers travel the highways daily, they have learned that Kansas State officials have transferred roughly $300 million in highway funds to the general fund, using the money to cover revenue shortfalls in areas other than highway construction.

According to the highway contractors and Kansas highway construction companies involved, the money allotted for highway reconstruction and improvements is not going where it should be.

In fact, Bob Totten, executive vice president of the Kansas Contractors Association, stated that the transferring of highway funds is going to compromise the safety of Kansas’ 140,000 miles of roadways. This will end up costing the state more in the long run if highway improvements are not made and the money keeps being taken away from construction projects.

The Kansas City movers at All My Sons Moving & Storage heard that since state lawmakers approved the 10-year, $8 billion highway T-Works program back in 2010, state officials have continuously raided the funds and transferred them to the general fund.

Current lobbying efforts aim to make the transferring of funds frowned upon so that planned preservation projects can commence. If you are moving to Kansas City, lobbyists hope to see the paused highway construction projects commence, so expect some traffic delays and less potholes.