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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:13 AM

New highway brings headaches for farmers

By CLEON RICKEL, Herald Senior Writer

The new U.S. 59 may represent progress, but it also represents inconvenience for farmers and residents who will live in the neighborhood of the new four-lane expressway.

Several farmers and residents lost property for the right of way. The Kansas Department of Transportation bought 46 tracts and six billboards  in Franklin County for U.S. 59 right of way, Ron Kaufman, chief of KDOT’s Bureau of Public Involvement, said.

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