[E-updates] City infrastructure improvement projects and transit reroutes

[Lisa Patterson]

NEWS RELEASE City of Lawrence, Kansas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 21, 2004

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

City infrastructure improvement projects and transit reroutes

(LAWRENCE, KS) - Traffic impacts from work on the 13th and Oregon storm
water project will shift on Friday and next week.  Haskell Avenue will open
to through traffic at 12th Street on Friday, Oct. 22, weather permitting.
Next week, 12th Street at Haskell Avenue will open to through traffic.
Closing next week is 13th Street at Oregon.  Also next week, 14th Street at
Delaware will permanently close for installation of a cul-de-sac.

Working days assessed for on going city infrastructure projects are as of
Oct. 16.  On going city infrastructure improvement projects and ongoing
transit system reroutes for the week of Oct. 25 include:

Project:  Downtown water line installation
120 working days on the contract, project began May 3, 98 working days
assessed and 22 working days remaining 
Original estimated completion date:  Sept. 17, weather permitting
Revised estimated completion date: Nov. 5, weather permitting
Current traffic impact:  
11th Street, Tennessee to Massachusetts, intermittent lane closures and no
parking on the either side

Vermont Street, 9th Street to 11th Street, parking removed on the east side
of the street

Project:  Barker and Pawnee water line installation
90 working days on the contract, project began June 7, 78 working days
assessed and 12 working days remaining 
Original estimated completion date:  Oct. 15, weather permitting
Revised estimated completion date:  Nov. 5
Current traffic impact:  
Pawnee, Massachusetts to Barker, no parking on north side 

Barker Ave., E. 23rd Street to Pawnee, no parking on west side

Project:  13th and Oregon Storm water project
210 working days on the contract, project began March 9, 107 working days
assessed and 103 working days remaining
Original estimated completion date:  Feb. 2005, weather permitting
Current traffic impacts:
Haskell Ave. 11th Street to 13th Street, will reopen on Friday, Oct. 22,
weather permitting

12th St, at Haskell Ave., will reopen on Tuesday, Oct. 26, weather
permitting

Pennsylvania, closed 13th Street to 14th Street

13th Street, closed at Oregon

Project: O'Connell Road street improvements
KDOT contract calendar days, completed Nov. 19
Original estimated completion date:  Nov. 19, weather permitting
Current traffic impact: 
O'Connell Road, closed, 23rd Street to 27th Terrace

O'Connell Road, local traffic only 27th Terrace to N1300 Road

Project: 2004 overlay and concrete repair program, phase 3
50 working days on the contract, work began August 9, 37 working days
assessed, 14 days remain
Original estimated completion date:  Oct. 29, weather permitting
Current traffic impacts:
Belle Crest Dr., 25th Street to Belle Haven Dr., completed

Shelburn Place, Belle Crest Drive to cul-de-sac, parking removed 

Melrose Lane, 25th Street to 24th Terrace, intermittent lane interruptions 

24th Terrace, Melrose Lane to the cul-de-sac, intermittent lane
interruptions 

28th Terrace, Belle Haven Drive to Alabama Street, intermittent lane
interruptions 

Project: Johnson Avenue water line, project completed

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Lawrence Transit System will follow these reroutes during the week of Oct.
23.

On Saturday, Oct. 23, from 10 am to 2 pm or until supplies are exhausted,
the Douglas County Health Department will provide flu shots at FLU-X, which
will be held at Free State High School.  
 
The Lawrence Transit System will reroute Route 6 Clockwise and
Counterclockwise by not entering the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center and
remaining on Overland Drive during FLU-X.  Passengers are encouraged to flag
the bus at a safe location along Overland Drive.

Transit drivers can provide detailed information about the re-route to
riders.  For more information on routes and schedules, phone (785) 312-7054.

As work on the 13th an Oregon storm water improvement project progresses and
Haskell Avenue opens to through traffic, the Lawrence Transit System will
return to normal route for Route 1 which is along Haskell Avenue between
11th Street and 13th Street.

Until Haskell Avenue at 12th Street is opened to through traffic, Route 1
reroutes around the closure.  Riders that catch Route 1 along Haskell Ave.
between 15th and 11th Streets will need to travel to the intersection of
15th and Haskell or 11th and Delaware to catch the bus.  
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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 at ci.lawrence.ks.us
http://www.lawrenceks.org