[E-updates] City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of July 28

[Lisa Patterson]

NEWS RELEASE City of Lawrence, Kansas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 23, 2003

CONTACT: Lisa Patterson, communications coordinator, (785) 832-3406

City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of July 28

(LAWRENCE, KS) - Traffic control along Jayhawk Boulevard will be changed on
Monday, July 28.  Traffic will not be permitted on Jayhawk Boulevard from
West Campus Road to Poplar Lane.  Westbound traffic will be permitted on
Jayhawk Blvd from Sunflower Road to Poplar Lane.  This traffic pattern
should in effect until August 8, weather permitting. 

Crews will begin replacing a water line on Ohio Street north of Dakota
Street on approximately July 31.  Work will affect Ohio Street from Dakota
Street north to the end of the street.  The project should be completed by
August 30, weather permitting. 

On going City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of July 28
include:

Storm sewer improvements
21st St., closed, Massachusetts St. to Barker and Massachusetts to Kentucky,
completed approximately August 15, weather permitting

Kentucky, closed, 20th St. to 22nd St.

Vermont, closed from 20th St. to 22nd St.

Rhode Island, 20th St. to 22nd St., closed to through traffic, completed
approximately August 15 (date extended due to utility relocations), weather
permitting

27th St., Belle Haven to Louisiana, closed until early August, weather
permitting

Road improvements
North Michigan, no through traffic north of the Woodcreek Town homes
entrance to Riverridge Road, completed approximately summer of 2003, weather
permitting

Line installation
Jayhawk Blvd., West Campus Rd. to Poplar Ln., one-way westbound

Nebraska St., Vermont to Kansas St., parking restricted, completed by August
15, weather permitting

7th St., completed

Ohio Street, north of Dakota Street, completed approximately August 30,
weather permitting

Mill and overlay and curb repair
Camelback Dr., Tam O'Shanter to Quailcreek Dr., completed

Camelback Pl., Camelback Dr. to cul-de-sac, completed

Kasold Dr., Clinton Pkwy to 26th St., completed

North 3rd St., Industrial Ln. north to the City limits, traffic restricted
to one lane each direction, completed approximately mid-August, weather
permitting

Clinton Parkway, Crossgate to Wakarusa, narrowed to one lane, completed by
approximately August 15, weather permitting

23rd St., Learnard to Harper St., traffic reduced to one lane, completed
approximately August 6, weather permitting

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Lisa K. Patterson
Communications Coordinator
City of Lawrence
PO Box 708
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 832-3406
fax (785) 832-3405
lpatterson@ci.lawrence.ks.us
http://www.lawrenceks.org