(KMZA)--The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved bids for several highway improvement projects in Nemaha County.

Halls Brothers, of Marysville was awarded the contract for the milling and overlay of an 11-mile stretch of K-63 from the U.S. 36 junction to the Kansas/Nebraska state line in the amount of nearly $988,000.

The company was also awarded the contract for the resurfacing of a 8.1 mile stretch of K-63 from the K-9 junction to the U.S. 36 junction in the amount of nearly $647,000.

A bid was also accepted from Hall Brothers for the milling and overlay of a nearly 5 mile-stretch of K-71 from the K-63 junction to the south city limits of Bern in the amount of nearly $389,000.

The bid letting took place November 14 in Topeka.

The highway resurfacing projects are scheduled for next year.