Next week’s inauguration may usher in a new era of road and highway investments, work that could bring plenty of orange barrels, warning signs and heavy equipment into the area in the name of economic stimulus. Until then, here’s a rundown of projects already under way that could affect your commute this week, as reported by government and agency officials:

Lawrence

• Construction of The Oread, a mixed-use and hotel project, is limiting traffic north of the Kansas University campus. The following restrictions are scheduled to last into spring: 12th Street, closed to westbound traffic from west of Louisiana Street to Indiana Street; Indiana, closed to traffic from 12th to a half block north; and Oread Avenue, restricted to local traffic only from 12th to 13th streets.

Kansas Highway 7

• Installation of signs is set to reduce travel to one lane for drivers southbound on Kansas Highway 7, from 130th Street to Canaan Drive in Wyandotte County. The contractor work is to be conducted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with completion set for Monday.

• Construction of a new interchange in Wyandotte County for K-7 at U.S. Highways 24-40 has closed all ramps at the interchange, and has limited traffic heading north and south to one lane in each direction along K-7, from 130th Street to Parallel Parkway. Traffic heading east and west also has been squeezed to one lane in each direction along U.S. 24-40, from 130th to 142nd streets.