(KMZA)--A bid has been approved for a highway resurfacing project on K-63 Highway in Pottawatomie County.

The Kansas Department of Transportation says Shilling Construction Company, of Manhattan, has been awarded the bid for the milling and overlay of nearly 27 miles of K-63 from the north city limits of St. Marys to the Pottawatomie/Nemaha County line.

The bid was for nearly two million dollars ( $1.983).

The bid letting took place November 15th in Topeka.

A date has not been set yet for the project.