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Tuesday, December 10, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Money, legal issues dent new trafficway plans
By Cameron Heeg Kansan staff writer
The biggest roadblock on the proposed South Lawrence Trafficway isn't made of wood and metal. It's made of dollars and cents.
The Douglas County Commission cleared an environmental roadblock by voting 2-1 on Wednesday to continue construction on the trafficway along the original course of 31st Street and not 35th or 38th streets, which run through the Baker Wetlands. But now, the need for money has postponed the project.
"We need to get this project completed and do it by staying on 31st Street," said Louie McEihaney, Douglas County commissioner, who voted to continue construction. "Funding is the big problem now, but I can't see the state just overlooking the need to complete the trafficway."
The first nine miles of the trafficway, which are completed, cost $51 million to construct. That leaves only $10 million from state and federal funds to complete the final five-mile connection between
Highway 59 and Kansas Highway 10.
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) estimated that construction costs on the final five miles would run $35 million. And the state won't be able to allocate money for the project until the Kansas Legislature commits money to a new, statewide highway program.
Plans for the new highway program most likely will receive consideration after the current highway programs expire next year, said Ralph Gripka, construction engineer for the Lawrence branch of the KDOT.
executive order signed by President Clinton in 1993.
"It took us about two years to complete the first section," Gripka said. "But it will take some time to clear the right-of-way to build and get the utilities straightened out for the last five miles."
In addition to monetary issues, legal issues also have to be smoothed out between the state and the Environmental Protection Agency and Federal Highway Administration. The EPA and FHWA both favor construction on the 38th Street route and are responsible for enforcing the environmental justice
The order says that no minority group can be forced to bear a large burden for a federally-financed program. If constructed, 31st Street will run across religious and cultural grounds of Haskell Indian Nations University.
"The 31st Street route is the best option Lawrence has for the remaining construction," said Robert Smith, project manager for the Army Corps of Engineers. "This way, we can stay away from damaging the ecology of the Baker Wetlands."
If the EPA and FIWA are successful in halting the construction on 31st St with legal action, the only realistic site left is 38th Street, McElhaney said.
Finishing the trafficway along 38th Street will cost $48 million, $13 million more than 31st Street, KDOT reported.
"It would be pointless to finish the project on 38th Street," McElhaney said. "We wanted to build a trafficway to take the traffic load off 23rd Street. If the road goes any farther south than 31st Street, people will stay on 23rd."
Pam Dishman / KANSAN
Dars on Highway 56 pass by what will be the South Lawrence Trafficway near 35th and Iowa. The overpass is completed for this project, although the highway is far from being complete.
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