UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, June 4, 1997
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Road construction slows traffic; delays unavoidable
Motorists choose alternate routes
Ashleigh Roberts/ KANSAN
Construction workers repair a broken sewer pipe at the corner of Eighth and Tennessee Streets. Construction is expected to end June 13.
By Ashleigh Roberts
Kansan staff writer
Traffic congestion, delays and temporary lane closings will force Lawrence motorists to put on the brakes as six major street improvement projects get underway.
"It is one heck of a coincidence," Terese Gorman, city engineer, said. "Some of the projects were planned and others just fell into this time frame."
The majority of the projects involve repairing and upgrading traffic signals and turn lanes. Construction sites include Sixth Street and Monterey Way, 23rd and Massachusetts Streets, Sixth Street and Folks Road, and parts of Fourth and Iowa Streets.
Gorman said the city waited until the majority of students left Lawrence, but all traffic problems could not be avoided.
"It's just not possible," she said.
"You have to start before school gets out or else finish after students return. Traffic always picks up, and there will be more cars. But this is construction season."
Gorman said that the city was working with residents to alleviate problems and that the community had been cooperative.
"People will have access to their homes," she said. "There just won't be access for everyone else."
Myia Williams, 801 Tennessee St., lives on a corner that the city has begun sewage restoration. Williams said her basement had flooded to the floor joists last year and that the construction was necessary to maintain the infrastructure of the city
"I don't mind at all," she said. "I had to get used to not going down Eighth Street. You sort of have to meander through the bank, but it's OK."
Williams also said the noise was not disruptive.
"It's noisy every now and then,
but it's not much different from the traffic noise we normally get," she said.
Gorman said the construction would repair a section of sewage pipe that had collapsed sometime last year.
"The repairs needed to be done," she said. "It will has a little way to go before we can reopen the street, but it should be done by June 13."
Road construction projects
Sixth Street and Monterey Way Traffic signal improvements are being made in the left-turn lane at the intersection of Sixth street and Monterey Way. Left turn lanes will be constructed on all four legs of the intersection and a traffic signal will be installed. The project is scheduled to end by October 1.
23rd and Massachusetts Streets A left turn lane will be constructed on 23rd Street, and the traffic signal will be upgraded. A traditional right turn will replace the southbound free-swing one. Work should be done by November 1.
Sixth Street and Folks Road
Sixth Street and Folks Road Left turn lanes will be constructed on the east and west legs of Sixth Street, and a traffic signal will be installed. The intersection should
be open to traffic when school starts, but completion is not expected until early October.
Fourth Street, from McDonald Drive to Michigan
Sixth Street and Iowa and 23rd and Iowa
The road is closed to all through traffic until December 1. Major reconstruction includes a new two lane street, enclosed drainage systems, sidewalks, curbs and a gutter. Access is provided to residents who live on Fourth Street.
Traffic signals are being reconstructed. Temporary lane closings will occur, and motorists can expect periodic traffic congestion and delay. Work is scheduled to end August 1.
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