Traffic detours at the northern edge of Kansas University’s main campus are set to become even more restrictive this summer, as crews prepare to rebuild sections of Oread Avenue, 12th Street and Indiana Street.

The work is scheduled for this summer adjacent to The Oread, a hotel and mixed-use project now under construction.

The rebuilt roads, tentatively expected to cost about $2 million, will be financed using a portion of expected tax revenues generated by The Oread itself. Customers will pay an extra penny for each dollar in products and services, with that money going to help finance the project’s underground and nearby street improvements.

Tuesday night, Lawrence city commissioners will review components of The Oread project, including plans for street improvements and traffic control. The review also will cover adjustments to the public improvements portion of the redevelopment plan that would be financed through tax-increment financing.

The meeting is set for 6:35 p.m. at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts.

Specifically, three sections of street are scheduled for reconstruction:

• Oread Avenue, to be realigned just south of the project. Oread will move slightly to the west, to create a 90-degree angle with 12th Street and point directly toward the front entrance of the hotel.

• 12th Street, from Louisiana to Indiana streets.

• Indiana Street, from 11th to 12th streets.

The roads already were in bad shape before project construction started last spring, said Schoeb Uddin, city engineer. Then work on The Oread only made matters worse.

Since March, residents and other drivers in the area have been forced to deal with traffic restrictions now scheduled to remain in place through the end of 2009: 12th is closed to traffic headed west, from Oread to Indiana; and Indiana is closed from 11th to 12th.

Those roads obviously will be closed entirely during reconstruction, Uddin said, although arrangements are being made so that residents can gain access to their homes.

Developers want to get the work out of the way as soon as possible, he said.

“They’re in a hurry,” Uddin said. “They want to do it as quickly as they can.”

The current street restrictions would remain in effect once the roads are rebuilt, so that contractors could use them as staging areas.

Uddin isn’t worried about the continued construction threatening the condition of the new streets.

“By the time the roads are rebuilt, the need for the heavy equipment for the hotel will be done,” Uddin said. “We’re not expecting heavy equipment on the roads once they’re done.”

City officials are encouraging area residents to offer their thoughts or suggestions regarding the traffic-control and road-reconstruction plans, either during Tuesday night’s meeting or by phone or e-mail.

Anyone unable to attend the meeting may send comments to Chuck Soules, the city’s director of public works, at csoules@ci.lawrence.ks.us, or by calling him at 832-3123.