[E-updates] City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of Septembe r 23

[Lisa Patterson]

NEWS RELEASE    City of Lawrence, Kansas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2002
CONTACT:  Lisa Patterson, Communications Coordinator (785) 832-3406

Route 438 project contact: Keith Browning, Douglas County Public Works
Director, (785) 832-5293

City infrastructure improvement projects

(LAWRENCE, KS) - The Douglas County Public Works Department announces
that repairs to the concrete deck of the Route 438 (Kasold Drive) bridge
over the Kansas Turnpike will tentatively begin on Monday, September
23rd.  Route 438 (Kasold Drive) will be closed to through traffic
between Peterson Road (N 1700 Road) and Lakeview Road (N 1800 Road) for
the duration of the repairs.  It is currently anticipated that the
project will take four (4) weeks to complete.

A signed detour utilizing Peterson Road, N. Iowa Street, and Lakeview
Road will be provided to route traffic around the closed bridge.

In addition to Route 438 (Kasold Drive) being closed, the Kansas
Turnpike Authority (KTA) will close down one lane in each direction on
the Kansas Turnpike (I-70) at the bridge as work proceeds overhead.  The
lane closures on the turnpike are a precaution against falling debris.  

Storm water improvement occurring along 31st Street will reduce traffic
to one lane each direction between Ousdahl Rd. and Iowa St.

City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of September 23:

Milling, Overlay 
Quail Creek Court, intermittent lane closures

Quail Creek Drive, Tam-O-Shanter to Quail Creek Court, intermittent lane
closures

Sierra, completed

Sierra Court, completed

Stetson, completed

Tallgrass, completed

10th St., Massachusetts to New Hampshire, overlay to occur week of
September 23, closing road during process

Overland Dr., completed

Overland Ct., completed

Indiana St., completed

Powers, Harper to 17th, intermittent lane closures, completed
approximately October 11, weather permitting

Engel Road, completed

N. 3rd, Maple Grove drainage ditch south 200 feet, intermittent lane
closures, completed approximately October 18, weather permitting

Frontage road, east side of Iowa Street, 27th Street to Four Wheel Drive
weather permitting, one lane traffic 

Storm sewer improvements

21st Street, closed, Ousdahl Road to east of Naismith, completed
approximately May 2003, weather permitting

Naismith southbound, closed south of 19th Street, completed
approximately September 31, weather permitting

19th Terrace, 20th Street and 20th Terrace, open to local traffic,
periodical closure during work day

31st St., Ousdahl Rd. to Iowa St., traffic reduced to one lane each
direction

Manhole repairs
Various locations throughout the city, completed approximately
mid-December, weather permitting

Large Line Cleaning and Inspection Project
27th and Crossgate, intermittent traffic interruption
31st and Atchison, intermittent traffic interruption
2nd and Michigan, intermittent traffic interruption
31st and Louisiana, intermittent traffic interruption
project should be completed approximately October 31, weather permitting

Water line installation
Vermont Street, 23rd Street to 2368 Vermont Street, parking restricted
and traffic from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., completed approximately October
15, weather permitting

Road improvements
Ousdahl Road, 31st Street to 33rd Street, closed, completed
approximately November 1

Curb Repair
700 and 800 blocks of Massachusetts Street, some parking restrictions,
completed approximately September 27, weather permitting 

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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@ci.lawrence.ks.us
http://www.lawrenceks.org