KDOT has announced that part of K-177 highway was scheduled to close this week for the first phase of reconstruction. K-177 will be closed approximately 7.7 miles from Ave. L north of the Council Grove reservoir, continuing north to halfway between the K-4 junctions.&nbsp;Through traffic can follow the state detour from Council Grove to Herington to Junction City.&nbsp;K-177 is scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2022. The final phase of reconstruction for K-177, from halfway between&nbsp; the K-4 junctions to I-70, is scheduled to begi9n in March 2023 and reopen in the fall of 2023.&nbsp;Wildcat Construction Co. Inc. and Subsidiaries of Wichita is the primary contractor for this $52.3 million project.

K-177 reconstruction begins