BUREAU OF RIGHT OF WAY
The Bureau of Right of Way would like to welcome you.
The Bureau's primary responsibilities are to acquire property interests needed for projects, to dispose of property no longer needed for highway purposes, and to administer the Highway Beautification Program. The Bureau provides assistance to the Office of Chief Counsel in condemnation actions and in litigation involving the Beautification regulatory program.
The Bureau of Right of Way consists of eight sections:
Beautification (Outdoor Advertising, Salvage Yards, Vegetation Management)
The Highway Right of Way Inventory and Disposal Unit (RID) (Properties For Sale)
The Engineering, RID, Environmental and Surveys Sections all report to the Bureau Chief. The Appraisal, Acquisition, Beautification and Relocation Sections report to the Bureau Chief through the Operations Assistant.
The primary functions of the Bureau of Right of Way are to:
Process payment vouchers to landowners for right-of-way property payment
Maintain project and tract files for documentation purposes
Verify that documentation supporting payments are on file prior to processing vouchers for payment
Auction land and improvements, let demolition contracts, and rent property when appropriate
Kansas Department of Transportation
Bureau of Right of Way
Eisenhower State Office Building - 14th Floor
700 SW Harrison St
Topeka, KS 66603-3745
785-296-3501
Toll Free: 1-877-461-6817
Hearing Impaired: 711
Chad.M.Depperschmidt@ks.gov
