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Friday, March 5, 2010 News from the City of Lawrence
(Sent: 2010-03-05 08:03:12)NEWS RELEASE
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Friday, March 5, 2010 News from the City of Lawrence
1) Nominate Lawrence as a Google Fiber Community
2) City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of March 8
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Contact: Megan Gilliland, communications manager, (785) 832-3406
1) Nominate Lawrence as a Google Fiber Community
(Lawrence, Ks.) – We need your help! In February, Google announced its intention to build and test ultra-high speed broadband networks across the United States in select locations with its Google Fiber for Communities experiment. The Lawrence City Commission authorized city staff to apply for consideration in the Google Fiber for Communities project. If selected, Lawrence residents would have access to Internet speeds of 1 gigabit per second, more than 100 times faster than the average broadband speeds in the U.S.
How can you help? Show your support for the city and this project by nominating Lawrence, Kansas. Cities across the country will be vying for this opportunity - the more residents that nominate Lawrence, the more Google will know our citizens are supportive of this project. Visit www.lawrenceks.org/googlefiber to nominate the City of Lawrence, Kansas as a Google Fiber Community. All nominations must occur by March 26.
For more information on the city’s bid to become a Google Fiber Community, follow the city on their Facebook or Twitter page or visit www.lawrenceks.org/googlefiber.
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Contact: Megan Gilliland, communications manager, (785) 832-3406
2) City infrastructure improvement projects for the week of March 8
(Lawrence, Ks) - Infrastructure improvement projects for the week March 8.
Project: Water line replacement
Traffic Impact:
Clare Road, East 19th Street to Maple Lane, no parking and road will be closed to thru traffic from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Miller Drive, East 21st to Maple Lane, no parking and road will be closed to thru traffic from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Project: North Second Street and Locust intersection
Traffic Impact:
North Second Street, southbound traffic at Locust reduced to one lane
North Second Street, northbound traffic detoured to Elm Street, to North Third Street and to Lyon Street
Locust, closed at North Second Street
Project: Bauer Farm Private Drive
Traffic impact: No impact to general public, installation of a private drive north from Bauer Farm Drive.
BUS REROUTES
Route 4 to reroute during North Second Street project
Route 4 is rerouted in North Lawrence during construction at N 2nd and Locust Streets. Passengers wishing to catch the northbound bus on Locust will need to do so between North Third and North Seventh. After departing I-70 Business Center, the southbound bus will continue south on North Second Street across the bridge and back on route. Passengers wishing to catch the bus in the neighborhoods will need to do so on the northbound trip.
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