[E-updates] CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; BUS REROUTE

[Bobbie Walthall]

NEWS RELEASE

City of Lawrence, Kansas

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Friday, Oct. 7, 2005

 

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

 

CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; BUS REROUTE

 

(LAWRENCE, KS) - No new projects are scheduled to begin next week.

 

On going City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of Oct. 10 include:

 

Project:  13th and Oregon Storm Water Project

No further traffic impacts for passenger vehicles

 

Project: Storm water improvements

90 working days on the contract, project began May 16. Estimated completion date: Oct. 7, weather permitting.

Traffic impact:

Eighth Street, Holiday Drive to Crawford Street, opening to through traffic Oct. 7

 

Project: 6th St. 

6th St., Folks Road to Wakarusa Drive, traffic reduced to one lane in each direction to accommodate the reconstruction and widening.  Lane reduction in place through the end of the year.

Wakarusa Drive, south of 6th Street reduced to one lane each direction

 

Project: 2005 Mill and Overlay Program, phase two

Traffic impact:

Haskell Avenue, 12th Street to 15th Street, finish work underway, occasional lane closures

19th Street, Barker Avenue to Haskell Avenue, finish work underway, occasional lane closures

Maverick Lane, 25th Terrace to 27th Street, completed

 

Project: 2005 Mill and Overlay Program, phase three

Traffic impact:

Jana Drive, Holiday Drive to Harvard Road, parking removed from both sides street

Crossgate Drive, Clinton Parkway to the cul-de-sac, parking removed 

Greenbriar Drive, length of street, completed

25th Street, Iowa Street to Ridge Court, parking removed

Clifton Court, parking removed

 

Project: 2005 Concrete repair program

Traffic impact:

Bob Billings Parkway, Wakarusa Drive to Foxfire Drive, occasional lane closures

10th Street, Kasold to Randall Road, occasional lane closures

 

Project: City crew street repair

Traffic impact:

Kasold, at W.25th Street, completed

23rd Street, Harper Avenue south to the city limits, completed

 

Project: Monterey Way street, storm and water line project

Monterey Way, Stetson Drive to Peterson Road, closed to through traffic until Spring 2006 

Peterson Road, both west and east of Monterey Way closed to through traffic until Spring 2006

 

Water line installation

Almira Street, 12th Street to 13th Street, parking removed, local traffic will be maintained.  Work completed by Oct. 30, weather permitting.

 

Bus reroutes

 

Wakarusa Construction Reroutes Route 6

Work on the intersection of Wakarusa Drive and Sixth Street south of Sixth Street puts traffic on Wakarusa Drive in the northbound lanes, providing one lane in each direction.  Route 6 Clockwise will use a reroute during the lane restriction.

 

There will be no service on 6th Street between Wakarusa Drive and Folks Road.  Passengers needing to board in the area will need to move to Overland Drive and Folks or on 6th Street east of Folks or on the eastside of Wakarusa Drive.  Passengers boarding Route 6 Clockwise on the eastside of Wakarusa Drive are advised to board the bus at the most southern service drive into the shopping center due to construction closing the bus shelter.  

 

Construction work on New Jersey Street reroutes the "T"

Construction on New Jersey Street between 13th and 14th Streets has rerouted Route 2.  Bus riders are advised to catch the bus along Connecticut between 9th and 15th Streets.  The bus will go back on route at Barker Street.

 

Transit drivers can provide detailed information about the reroutes to riders.  For more detailed information on routes and schedules, phone (785) 312-7054 or visit www.lawrencetransit.org.

 

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