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

APAC-Kansas Inc., of Hutchinson, was awarded the contract for the milling and overlay of a more than 24-mile stretch of U.S. 73 Highway from the north city limits of Horton to the Kansas/Nebraska state line.  The bid was for $4,760,447.

Bids were opened December 17 in Topeka.  

A construction start date has not yet been announced for the project.