(KMZA)--The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved a bid for a Nemaha County highway improvement project.

According to KDOT, Halls Brothers Inc., of Marysville, was awarded the contact for the resurfacing of a more than 14 mile stretch of U.S. 36 Highway at a cost of more than $2.1 million.

The project will take place from the east city limits of Seneca to just west of the Nemaha/Brown County line.

A construction start date has not yet been announced.

The bid letting took place April 17 in Topeka.