UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, February 2, 1995
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County officials reject trafficway proposal
Alternative route south of Wakarusa River, away from wetlands costly
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
Thomas Banyacya, a Hopi spiritual leader, says a prayer before a meeting at Haskell Indian Nations University. Banyacya came to Lawrence from Arizona to attend the meeting because of concern over the South Lawrence Trafficway.
Douglas County officials will no longer study the feasibility of routing the South Lawrence Trafficway south of the Wakara River.
Both Haskell and Baker own wet land areas south of Lawrence.
Officials from Haskell Indian Nations University and Baker University wanted the trafficway routed south of the river and away from the wetland areas.
But John Pasley, project coordinator for Douglas County, told Haskell and Baker officials at a public meeting yesterday concerning the $80 million trafficway that building it south of the river was not feasible.
Pasley said routing the trafficway south of the river would cost too much and divert too little traffic from 23rd Street.
The trafficway is designed to ease traffic pressure on 23rd Street, which county and Lawrence officials said is too crowded to be convenient or safe.
The original proposed path of the trafficway was 31st Street, which runs through wetlands owned by Haskell. Haskell officials oppose that route because the construction and extra traffic would destroy the environmental and spiritual quality of the wetlands.
Baker officials said routing the trafficway along 35th Street, a second option the county is considering, would cause more damage to the wetlands than any other route. Thirty-fifth Street ends at the wetlands, so the county would be building the trafficway directly over wetland soil.
But Pasley said both routes were better than building the trafficway south of the river. He said such a change would cost $7 to $8 million
more and would be less likely to route traffic away from 23rd Street.
Bob Martin, Haskell president, said he hoped the county still would consider options other than 31st Street.
The Douglas County Commission will decide the final route later this year, when a supplement to an environmental impact study prepared three years ago is completed by federal officials.
Haskell rejects Baker's wetland proposal for trafficway
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
Yesterday, Haskell rejected the offer.
In December, Baker University offered Haskell Indian Nations University a part of its wetlands to replace the wetlands Haskell would lose if the South Lawrence Trafficway were built on 31st Street.
Martin was one of the participants in a meeting yesterday between the Kansas Department of Transportation, Douglas County officials, representatives from Haskell and Baker and other agencies involved in resolving the trafficway controversy.
Bob Martin, president of Haskell, said the wetlands owned by Haskell had spiritual significance that distinguished them from the Baker's wetlands.
Martin said students had been using the land for ceremonies, prayer, and purification rituals since Haskell opened in 1884.
"We've been using the area in a spiritual and cultural way for decades now, and you cannot say 'Well, let move them from here over to there,' because those areas are going to remain sacred to us," he said.
Baker officials offered the wetlands as an attempt to compromise over the location of the trafficway. Some of the county's proposed routes include 31st, 35th and 38th streets.
Baker, by making the offer, hoped that Haskell would give up its opposition to the 31st Street alignment. Because of that opposition, Jim Chappell, county commissioner, said in November that 35th Street would be a better location.
Baker officials have said that building the trafficway on 35th Street would severely damage its wetlands, which are south of Haskell's wetlands.
County, state and federal officials are conducting an additional environmental impact survey of the trafficway after a complaint from Haskell officials that they were not given an opportunity to participate in the environmental impact survey.
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