(KNZA)--The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved a bid for a highway resurfacing project in Marshall County

According to a release from KDOT, Hall Brothers, of Marysville, was awarded the contract for the milling and overlay of a 12 mile stretch of K-9 Highway in the amount of more than $1.7 million.

The project will take place from junction with U.S. 77 east to the junction with K-99.

A construction start date hasn't been announced.

The bid letting took place January 20 in Topeka.