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

Thu Sep 22 16:47:30 CDT 2005

NEWS RELEASE

City of Lawrence, Kansas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005

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

CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; BUS REROUTE

(LAWRENCE, KS) - The traffic control on Sixth Street between Folks Road and Wakarusa will change next week.  Access to the residents and retail on the south side of Sixth Street in that stretch will move the to the apartment entrance requiring shopper to travel west through parking lots. Also, traffic on Wakarusa just south of Sixth Street will be moved from the east lanes to the west lanes.

City crews will be patching 23rd Street from Harper Avenue south to the city limits during the next two weeks.  Intermittent lane closures will be necessary.

On going City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of Sept. 26 include:

Project:  13th and Oregon Storm Water Project

249 working days on the contract project began Mar. 9, 2004, 237 working days assessed and 12 working days remaining, as of Saturday, Sept. 18.  Revised estimated completion date: late Sept., weather permitting. 

Current traffic impact: 

15th St., Haskell Ave. to Connecticut St., opened to through traffic on Sept. 21

New Jersey, 13th to 14th Street, opening to through traffic Sept. 28, weather permitting

Project: Storm water improvements

90 working days on the contract, project began May 16. Estimated completion date: September 30, weather permitting.

Traffic impact:

Eighth Street, Holiday Drive to Crawford Street, closed to through traffic.  Local traffic maintained.

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 until approximately Oct. 1.

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

Project: Lake Point Drive, project complete

Traffic Impact:

Clinton Parkway, west of Wakarusa Drive, open to through traffic

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

27th Terrace, Missouri Street to Louisiana Street, completed

Maverick Lane, 25th Terrace to 27th Street, parking removed from both sides of street

Project: 2005 Mill and Overlay Program, phase three

Traffic impact:

Bob Billings Parkway, Monterey Way to Inverness, completed

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, parking removed

Project: 2005 Concrete repair program

Traffic impact:

Tomahawk Drive, Lawrence Avenue to Rockfence Place, completed

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:

East 26th Street, at Ryan Court, open to through traffic 

Bob Billings Parkway, at Apple Lane, west bound traffic restricted to one lane, work completed Sept. 30, weather permitting.

Kasold, at W.24th Street, southbound traffic restricted to one lane, work completed Sept. 30, weather permitting.

Kasold, at W.25th Street, northbound traffic restricted to one lane, work completed Sept. 30, weather permitting.

23rd Street, Harper Avenue south to the city limits, intermittent lane closures work completed Oct. 7, weather permitting

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

McDonald Drive mill and overlay Kansas Turnpike Authority

McDonald Drive, toll booth to Iowa Street, lane interruptions maintaining through traffic, completed Sept. 28 (extended date), weather permitting

Ramps onto and off of McDonald Drive at Iowa Street, lane interruptions maintaining through traffic, completed Sept. 28 (extended date, weather permitting

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 reroute

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.  The street should be open to through traffic on Sept. 28.  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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_____________________________

Lisa K. Patterson

Communications Manager

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

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