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

[Lisa Patterson]

NEWS RELEASE

City of Lawrence, Kansas

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005

 

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

 

CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; BUS REROUTE

 

(LAWRENCE, KS) - Next week, contractors will move to the final locations of the phase three mill and overlay program.  Parking will be removed from 25th Street from Iowa Street to Ridge Court and on Clifton Court.

 

On going City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of Oct. 3 include:

 

Project:  13th and Oregon Storm Water Project

249 working days on the contract project began Mar. 9, 2004, 240 working days assessed and 9 working days remaining, as of Saturday, Sept. 25.  Revised estimated completion date: late Sept., weather permitting. 

Current traffic impact: 

New Jersey, 13th to 14th Street, opened to through traffic on Sept. 27

 

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, 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 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, parking removed from both sides of street

 

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:

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:

Bob Billings Parkway, at Apple Lane, completed

Kasold, at W.24th Street, completed

Kasold, at W.25th Street, traffic restricted to one lane each direction, work completed Oct. 4, 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, completed

 

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

 

High School Homecoming Parades Reroute the "T"

Lawrence and Free State high schools' fall homecoming parades will reroute "T" bus routes Route 6 Clockwise and Counter-Clockwise and Route 7 on Friday, Sept. 30 beginning at 2:00 pm.  The reroutes will be in effect for approximately an hour.

The Free State procession will begin just south of Bob Billings Parkway and Wakarusa and proceed north on Wakarusa to the school.  Route 6 Clockwise and Counter-Clockwise will not be able to use Wakarusa during this time.  Lawrence Transit System will use Monterey Way to complete the routes.  Passengers who normally catch the bus between Monterey Way and Wakarusa are advised to catch the bus along Monterey Way during the reroute.  Road supervisors will check the missed portion of the route for any missed passengers.  

Lawrence High School's parade will begin at 11th and Massachusetts streets and head south on Massachusetts to 19th Street, where it will turn west to the LHS parking lot.  The LHS parade will include a stop at 17th and Massachusetts, during which the band will perform for residents at Babcock Place.  Route 7 will not layover at the 9th and Mass transfer location.  Passengers are advised to catch the Route 7 at the downtown transfer location or along Connecticut to 19th Street where the bus will go back on route.

 

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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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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