Kansas Department of Transportation knows where the South Lawrence Trafficway is supposed to go.
Now the department is conducting detailed surveys to pinpoint a specific alignment for the 5-mile stretch of highway, which would connect U.S. Highway 59 and Kansas Highway 10 at the southeastern edge of the city.
“We’re trying to identify the portions of right-of-way that will be necessary when the trafficway is built,” said Corky Armstrong, engineering manager for the department’s State Road Office. “We need to identify what’s required, first, before we even start looking at what the costs are. We just want to identify areas that we would be required to buy.
“We haven’t identified any money to buy the right-of-way or to construct anything. Probably, depending on priorities, the next highway bill would be the earliest we would have any money to do anything. And (the trafficway) may not be high enough on the priority list to fund the right-of-way or construction.”
A new highway bill is no sure thing either, he said.
“It may be next year or 10 years from now,” Armstrong said. “It’s all up to the Legislature.”
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BigPrune (anonymous) says…
logrithmic hasn't ventured outside his or her home in 25 years.
A new study released yesterday indicates that individually, vegetarians create 3 times the carbon footprint of non-vegetarians.
xbusguy (chris Ogle) says…
“It may be next year or 10 years from now,” Armstrong said
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or... 300 million years, and you will be building it in the dark
situveux1 (anonymous) says…
I thought the 59 expansion was a four lane highway?
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (anonymous) says…
"A new study released yesterday indicates that individually, vegetarians create 3 times the carbon footprint of non-vegetarians."
I'll bet there was no agenda behind that "study." (sarcasm.)
b8es (anonymous) says…
Alright! They're finally building it! Everyone knows that the first sign of a road project is a survey crew. Those little wooden sticks and plastic flags will soon be replaced by roaring earthmovers and paving machines.
Look out little wetland creatures, here comes the SLT!