Surface Transportation Committee

Agenda: Deb Miller, Kansas Secretary of Transportation Update/Strategies for the upcoming legislative session Our next Surface Transportation committee meeting will be, Thursday, November 6, at 7:30 am in the Chamber BoardRoom (26th Floor). Our speaker will be Deb Miller, Kansas Secretary of Transportation. The Secretary is the Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas Department of Transportation. The Secretary is responsible for all KDOT activities. The Kansas Department of Transportation has a strong history dating back to 1917 when organizing intrastate travel was just beginning. Now, more than 3,000 employees continue the tradition with the agency's primary activities being road and bridge maintenance; transportation planning, data collection and evaluation; project scoping, designing and letting; contract compliance inspection of material and labor; federal program funding administration; and administrative support. KDOT's headquarters are in Topeka with six District Offices, 26 Area Offices and 112 Sub-Area Offices across the state. Questions regarding this meeting contact Christine Murray 816.374.5413 or Murray @ kcchamber.com