THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JULY 7, 20
ROAD CLOSINGS
12th Street reconstruction approved by City Commission
The Lawrence City Commission passed the authorization of an emergency reconstruction of 12th Street between Louisiana Street and Ohio Street 5-0 Tuesday. The reconstruction may overlap with the beginning of the fall semester.
On June 24, an eight-inch cast iron water pipe ruptured near 12th and Louisiana Streets, causing damage beneath the road. The reconstruction project will begin July 2, and funding will be split between the
Utilities and Public Works Department. The City of Lawrence will work with Sunflower Paving and R.D. Johnson Excavating Co. The project will require a change order to PW1403, the concrete overlay and rehabilitation tab that was approved on April 1, in an amount of $350,000.
Charles F. Soules, director of public works, said that the process will also potentially run into the middle of August.
"We probably won't be able to make the first day of school,but we're going to try to get it as close as we can," Soules said.
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12th Street will be closed between the intersections of Louisiana and Ohio Streets for the rest of July and into August. The reconstruction will possibly lead into the fall semester.
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