Junction City has over $1.2 million available to them that can be used towards transportation projects in the city.

Allen Dinkel, City Manager explained that from 2011 through 2015 Junction City has accumulated $1,225,784.38 in federal exchange funds, however none has been used.

“Basically money that comes from the Federal Government goes to the State and then they keep 10 percent and we get 90 percent. The reason why we do that is because it gives us more flexibility in projects and what we can do with different projects,” said Dinkel.

The City is allowed to collect funds for up to three years and they currently have five years collected. The City has worked it out that they can still use all of the funds in the exchange, but they need to spend a good majority of it soon.

“We basically need to look for projects to spend about $750,000 of this money here and it can be used on a variety of projects from street repair, to additions, to lighting issues for safety.”

The Commission will be submitting their ideas to Dinkel on how the money could be used, and Dinkel will organize the information and present it back to the Commission at a later date.