Cashless tolling preparations continue for the Kansas Turnpike Authority, and some of that work will be taking place in Lyon County next year.
Last week, the Turnpike Authority announced several sets of cashless toll work zones as part of a better than $4 million construction contract. Three of those zones are in Lyon County. One is at mile marker 131.1 southbound, just south of the Emporia service exit and about four miles northeast of the Emporia tollgate. Another is at mile marker 146 northbound, a mile southwest of the Admire-Council Grove exit, with a third zone at mile marker 150.6, between the Admire exit and the Lyon-Wabaunsee county line.
Work should be finished by October 2023, weather permitting. Bettis Asphalt of Topeka won the contract.
The KTA is working towards full cashless tolling by 2024. It has been installing gantries up and down the highway as a way to read license plates and then bill Turnpike users that don’t utilize KTAGs. Ground work is underway at mile marker 95 just south of the Matfield Green service exit and at mile marker 122, about five miles southwest of the Emporia gate.
