Each year, the Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) recognizes employees and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers assigned to the turnpike who are celebrating milestone years-of-service anniversaries. This year’s list includes toll collectors whose tenure ended when KTA initiated cashless toll collection on July 1.
More than 60 staff members and troopers were recognized for at least five years’ service in a KTA news release. Remarkably, twenty-five of those individuals have served motorists for 20 years or more. One of them, highway shop superintendent Dale Sparr, reached the fortieth anniversary of his hiring in 2024.