[E-updates] CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; TRAFFIC IMPACTS AND BUS REROUTES

[Lisa Patterson]

NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
City of Lawrence, Kansas
City Manager's Office
 
Contact: Lisa Patterson, communications manager, (785) 832-3406
 
Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007
 
CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; TRAFFIC IMPACTS AND BUS
REROUTES
 

(LAWRENCE, Ks) -On Friday, Sept. 14, from 11a.m. through the end of the
day, Eighth Street will be closed to through traffic from Massachusetts
Street to New Hampshire Street for the Get Downtown event.

 

Mill and overlay work will expand next week to Miller Drive from Maple
Lane to East 19th Street and Brook Street from Maple Lane to Miller
Drive.  Traffic may be interrupted or reduced to one lane during days
work is being conducted.

 

Next week city crews will be in the westbound lanes of East 23rd Street
doing street repairs from Haskell Avenue east to the city limits.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane during working days.

 

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

 

Project: Mill Overlay and Curb Repair, Phase 1

Traffic Impact: 

Highland Drive, Sunset Terrace to W Ninth Street, completed

Sunset Drive, Sunset Terrace to W Ninth Street, completed

 
Project: Kasold Drive reconstruction north of Peterson and KTA bridge

Traffic impact:  Kasold Drive open from Peterson Road to Tillerman.
Access to Huntington Road, Grand Vista and the KTA Bridge is closed.  

 

 

Project:  Lawrence Memorial Hospital expansion project

Traffic impact:  Fourth Street open to through traffic

 

 

Project:  2007 Overlay Program Phase 2

Traffic impact: Traffic may be interrupted or reduced to one lane during
days work is being conducted on the following streets:

Ousdahl Road, 19th Street to 23rd Street, work underway

Ousdahl Road, 23rd Street to 25th Street, work underway

24th Street, Naismith to east of Ousdahl Road, work underway

Naismith, 23rd Street to 24th Street, work underway 

Miller Drive, Maple Lane to East 19th Street, work underway

Brook Street, Maple Lane to Miller Drive, work underway

 

 

Project:  Concrete repairs

Traffic impact:  Crestline Drive between Bob Billings Parkway and
University Drive project complete

East 23rd Street, Haskell Avenue east to the city limits, reduced to one
lane

 

 

Bus Reroutes

 

Friday, Sept. 14: Get Downtown

On Friday, Sept. 14, from 11a.m. through the end of the day, Eighth
Street will be blocked off from Massachusetts Street to New Hampshire
Street for the Get Downtown event. Route 6 Counter-Clockwise and Route 8
will reroute during that time. From Ninth Street, buses will travel
south on New Hampshire, west on Tenth, north on Vermont and back on
route. Regular routes will resume Saturday morning.

 

Route 8 reroute at Ousdahl

While crews complete road repairs to Ousdahl Road between 19th and 23rd
Streets, Route 8 is rerouting to Naismith Dr. The bus shelter on Ousdahl
Road near Taco John's will be closed during the reroute. Passengers
wishing to catch the Route 8 Southbound on Ousdahl Road should move to
the north side of 23rd St., before Ousdahl Road Passengers wishing to
catch the Route 8 Northbound on Ousdahl Road should move to the south
side of 23rd St. and wait at the bus stop sign in front of Perkins
Restaurant.

 

For further assistance with trip planning, please call 312-7054.

 

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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

www.lawrenceks.org

 

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