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Dyana Krzanowsky, a senior from Lawrence, now has to sit through pinched traffic every time she travels up 23rd Street on her way to the Edwards Campus.
The construction on East 23rd Street, which stretches from Haskell Avenue to the city limits, is the major street project of the summer in Lawrence. During construction, which started Tuesday and will last four weeks, the street will be cut down to one lane each way. Some drivers can use other routes to avoid the congestion.
"I can dodge some of it using the bypass," Krzanowsky said. "So I'll probably just do that to avoid it."
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"If you're unaware of it and there's a traffic hold-up," he said, "it could mess up your plans to get home."
Plenty of other works will affect Lawrence drivers, including North Second Street, the 900 block of New York Street, and numerous streets in the second phase of the 2010 Overlay Program.
Detours are posted, but Garrett Englert, a senior from Overland Park, said it's a hassle getting around town. It's hard to keep track of the construction constantly popping up.
A FEW STREETS IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE 2010 OVERLAY STREET PROGRAM
Finished by August 11:
Maine Street, from West 19th to West 20th Street
West 19th Terrace, from Maine Street to Naismith Drive
West 20th Street, from Alabama Street to Naismith Drive
Finished by October 1:
Bremer Drive, from the end of pavement to Crestline Drive
College Boulevard, from Yale Road to Harvard Road
Harvard Road, from Crestline Drive to west of Crestline Drive
Orchard Lane, from Iowa Street to east of Centennial Drive
West 10th Place, from Kasold Drive to Randall Road Station Road from
Wellington Road, from Steven Drive to Harvard Road
Yale Road, from Kasold Drive to cul-de-sac
Source: http://www.lawrenceks.org/
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