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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, September 20, 2000
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Local business, students disrupted by construction
Chris Bue, manager at Louise's West, expected business at the bar to be good this summer. With the Jet Lag Lounge — the only other competition in the area — closed since a fire in March, business should have been steady all summer.
By J.D. Mckee writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
By J.D. McKee
But construction at Seventh and Michigan streets, near where the bar is located, has caused business to dwindle. Bue said.
"This summer was horrible compared to last year," Bue said, "and since the Jet Lag was closed, it should have been one of our better ones."
Terese Gorman, city engineer, said that access to Louise's West had never been blocked and that patrons could always enter from Seventh Street.
However, the sight of heavy machinery and construction at the intersection have kept people away.
"This summer people would look down here and assume we were closed and drive on by." Bue said.
The project began June 19 as an effort to upgrade the road to city standards, which included pouring new asphalt, putting in new curbs and gutters and adding a sidewalk to one side of the street.
The construction has created problems beyond business. Students and others who had frequented the intersection were forced to find alternate routes.
Audrey McKanna, Olathe senior, said she found the construction mildly annoying.
McKanna said she moved into her apartment in August, so the construction hadn't affected her for long, but her roommates lived there when the project started.
"I'm ready to have them done," said McKanna, who lives at Seventh and Arkansas streets. "I'm tired of walking to the bus stop and getting whistled at."
"They're pissed," she said. "They've been dealing with it all summer."
McKanna also has to deal with residents from Michigan Street parking on Arkansas Street.
"I'm ready to be able to park my car in my own parking lot." McKanna said.
The parking problem should subside soon because crews finished paving a portion of Michigan Street this
week. However, work continues at the corner of Seventh and Michigan.
Arden Locke, who drives the late shift of that bus, said the bus drivers had to go around to Sixth Street to avoid the construction, which took extra time.
The construction project also has caused problems for KU on Wheels buses. The Second and Michigan bus has been forced to redirect its route to accommodate the construction.
"It's four minutes coming and four minutes going, so I'm eight minutes behind each trip," Locke said. "It makes it hard for us to get the kids there on time."
Locke also said that he rarely saw workers on the site. "It seems like an awful lot of time for a two-block street to be blocked off," he said.
Gorman maintained that work had been done at the site each day since the project started, and a city inspector regularly monitored the site. Occasionally, she said, the private contractor has had to delay work for utility conflicts, such as companies relocating existing utilities.
Gorman also noted that the contractor was ahead of schedule at this point and that no fines had been assessed. The project is scheduled to be completed by Thanksgiving.
Edited by Sara Nutt
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PARENTS DAY FAMILY WEEKEND
ALL FAMILIES WELCOME
Events/Times:
Friday, September 22...
9am-4pm: Check-In & Weekend Schedule,
SUA Box Office, Level 4, Kansas
Union
3pm-5pm: Freshman-Sophomore Advising
Center Open House
Saturday, September 23...
9am-11am: Community Service Project
10am-3:30pm: Check-In & Weekend Schedule,
SUA Box Office, Level 4,Kansas Union
10:30am: Admissions & Scholarships,
1pm: KU Band Day Parade
4pm-6pm: SUA Tailgate *for pre-registered families only
6pm: KU vs. Southern Illinois University
8pm: Anything Goes
Sunday, September 24...
2:30pm: Selkie
3:30pm: The Ying Quartet
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For a complete schedule and details about Parents' Day/Family Weekend, visit the Check-in locations on Friday or Saturday, visit www.ukans.edu/~nsofacts or call New Student Orientation at 864-4270.
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