{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/city-lenexa-receives-16-million-build-grant-lone-elm-interchange", "City of Lenexa receives $16 million BUILD grant for Lone Elm Interchange", "2026-07-13", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "The Kansas Department of Transportation announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded the City of Lenexa a $16 million Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) discretionary grant for the Lone Elm Interchange Project.\n\nThe project, a partnership between KDOT and the City of Lenexa, will construct a new diamond interchange at K-10 and Lone Elm Road, along with two miles of auxiliary lanes between K-7 and Woodland Road.\n\nThe new Lone Elm Interchange, which was identified as a priority during KDOT\u2019s K-10 Corridor study, will provide a safe connection between the north and south sides of K-10. This interchange will also be constructed to accommodate future expansion of the K-10 corridor through Johnson County.\n\n\"No one wants to spend more time in traffic than they have to. This federal grant will improve safety, reduce congestion and make it easier for families, workers and first responders to get where they need to go,\u201d said U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03). \u201cI'm thankful to the Kansas Department of Transportation and the City of Lenexa for the years of planning and am proud to have helped make this investment possible.\"\n\n\u201cThis project has been envisioned for decades and is an important connection in a growing part of Lenexa,\u201d said Lenexa Mayor Julie Sayers. \u201cThe BUILD grant brings us closer to delivering an interchange that will improve safety, create more direct access for our students who attend school in the Olathe School District and support economic development for decades to come. We appreciate USDOT\u2019s investment and look forward to working with KDOT to make this long-planned project a reality.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis crucial project is the result of a partnership between the City of Lenexa, KDOT and local and federal partners, all of whom were imperative to bringing it to fruition,\u201d said Governor Laura Kelly. \u201cTheir hard work has resulted in a critical investment that will drive economic growth and benefit all who travel through Kansas.\u201d\n\nThis interchange will relieve congestion on K-10, K-7, Woodland Road and Prairie Star Parkway, reducing travel times and improving roadway safety. It will also improve emergency response routes, provide sidewalks and trail connections for pedestrians and cyclists, create better access to local middle and high schools and support planned future investments in the development of the K-7 and K-10 corridors.\n\nKansas was also awarded three additional FY2026 BUILD grants:\n\nJunction City, Rebuilding Grant Avenue Project - $23.9 million awarded\n\nPawnee County, Pawnee Feedlot Freight Access Project - $20.3 million awarded\n\nCity of Wichita, Eisenhower National Airport Interchange Planning and Design - $2.4 million awarded\n\nThe federal BUILD grant program provides grants for surface transportation infrastructure projects with significant local or regional impact.", 1, "2026-07-14T07:08:55Z", "2026-07-14T07:10:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/city-lenexa-receives-16-million-build-grant-lone-elm-interchange"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6396218668669462, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}