TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)- The top transportation officials in the U.S. was in Kansas Wednesday talking to aviation leaders, and also about the failing Willard Bridge.
Senator Jerry Moran hosted U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx in Park City, that is near Wichita.
Foxx spoke and met the the president of Wichita State University and officials from the National Institute for Aviation Research. He also met privately with Shawnee County officials. They are seeking federal funding to replace the Willard Bridge south of Rossville.
"The commissioner made a very compelling case," said Foxx. "But we have to work through our process and it's obviously very important, we're talking about a bridge project, very important in a part of the state west of Topeka and I look forward to working through the process."
Moran has shown his support for getting federal funds to replace the bridge, and says that it highlights a need on the national level.
"It highlights the need for Congress to get a long term transportation bill in place and to have other sources of support. State, local and federal projects are of significance, such as the Willard Bridge."
Foxx says that TIGER grant recipients will most likely be announced sometime in October.
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