The KDOT Cost Share Program provides financial assistance to local entities for transportation projects that improve safety, support job retention and growth, improve access or mobility, relieve congestion and improve the state transportation system. 

The Cost Share program is one of KDOT’s most flexible funding opportunities, allowing communities to apply for assistance with a wide range of highway, local road, bridge, rail, airport, bicycle, pedestrian and public transit projects – as long as they can provide at least a 15 percent local cash match. KDOT funds are used exclusively to match construction costs for these projects. 

KDOT opens the Cost Share program for application twice a year, generally in the fall and in the spring.  

Resources 

• Fall 2024 Cost Share Fact Sheet
• Fall 2024 Sample Application
• Fall 2024 Cost Share Frequently Asked Questions
• Fall 2024 Webinar
• Fall 2024 Webinar PowerPoint

Program History 

KDOT created the program after the Kansas Joint Legislative Transportation Vision Task Force in 2019 recommended that the agency look at ways to leverage state funding with local and private funding for projects related to job growth and retention. The Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE) approved by the Kansas Legislature in 2020 continues this program. 

Fall 2024 Cost Share Round 

• 71 applications requesting over $49 million. 
• 7 projects awarded a total of $5.9 million. 
• Fall 2024 Cost Share Award List
• Fall 2024 Cost Share Project Map

 Spring 2024 Cost Share Round 

• 71 applications requesting over $48 million. 
• 14 projects awarded a total of $8.6 million.
• Spring 2024 Cost Share Award List
• Spring 2024 Cost Share Project Map

 Fall 2023 Cost Share Round 

• 67 applications requesting nearly $55 million. 
• 16 projects awarded a total of $12.1 million. 
• Fall 2023 Cost Share Award List
• Fall 2023 Cost Share Project Map

 Spring 2023 Cost Share Round 

• 73 applications requesting over $59 million. 
• 14 projects awarded a total of $11.3 million. 
• Spring 2023 Cost Share Award List
• Spring 2023 Cost Share Project Map

 Fall 2022 Cost Share Round 

• 88 applications requesting more than $71 million. 
• 14 projects awarded a total of $11 million. 
• Fall 2022 Cost Share Award List
• Fall 2022 Cost Share Project Map

 Spring 2022 Cost Share Round 

• 62 applications requesting more than $35 million. 
• 11 projects awarded a total of $7 million. 
• Spring 2022 Cost Share Award List
• Spring 2022 Cost Share Project Map

 Fall 2021 Cost Share Round 

• 84 applications received requesting more than $54 million. 
• 20 projects awarded a total of $9.4 million. 
• Fall 2021 Cost Share Award List
• Fall 2021 Cost Share Project Map

 Spring 2021 Cost Share Round 

• 117 applications received requesting more than $103 million. 
• 30 projects awarded a total of $21 million. 
• Spring 2021 Cost Share Award List
• Spring 2021 Cost Share Project Map

 Fall 2020 Cost Share Round 

• 76 applications received requesting $38 million. 
• 14 projects awarded a total of $5 million. 
• Fall 2020 Cost Share Award List
• Fall 2020 Cost Share Project Map

 Spring 2020 Cost Share Round 

• 136 applications requesting more than $228 million. 
• 24 projects awarded more than $21 million. 
• Spring 2020 Cost Share Award List
• Spring 2020 Cost Share Project Map

 Fall 2019 Cost Share Round 

• 97 applications requesting more than $242 million. 
• 22 projects awarded more than $39 million. 
• Fall 2019 Cost Share Award List
• Fall 2019 Cost Share Project Map

 *All dollar amounts have been rounded. 

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