Kansas Department of Transportation

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of Kansas.

Kansas Department of Transportation

Agency overview
Headquarters	Eisenhower St. Office Bldg. 700 SW Harrison St, Topeka, Kansas 66603
Employees	2,515 (FY17)
Annual budget	$1.6 billion (FY12)
Agency executives	Calvin Reed, Secretary of Transportation Burt Morey, State Transportation Engineer
Website	www.ksdot.org
Footnotes
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Funding issues

Since 2012, over $2 billion has been diverted from its coffers to the Kansas general fund and state agencies, earning it the nickname "the bank of KDOT", and jeopardizing the agency's ability to maintain roads in the state.^[2]

Organization

KDOT's previous logo

• Secretary of Transportation
  • Deputy Secretary of Transportation
  • State Transportation Engineer
    • Planning and Development Division
    • Aviation Division
    • Engineering and Design Division
    • Operations Division
      • District 1 – Topeka^[3]
      • District 2 – Salina^[4]
      • District 3 – Norton^[5]
      • District 4 – Chanute^[6]
      • District 5 – Hutchinson^[7]
      • District 6 – Garden City^[8]
  • Deputy Secretary of Transportation for Finance and Administration
    • Finance Division
    • Administration Division
  • Special Assistant to the Secretary and Director of Public Affairs
  • Chief Counsel
  • Inspector General

List of secretaries

• E. Dean Carlson (before 2003)^[9]
• Deb Miller: January 13, 2003 – December 16, 2011^[10]
• Barb Rankin (acting): December 2011 - April 2012^[11]
• Mike King: April 2, 2012 – July 15, 2016^[11]
• Richard Carlson: July 18, 2016 – January 13, 2019
• Julie Lorenz: January 2019 – December 23, 2022
• Calvin Reed: December 2022 – present^[12]