Construction continues within Kansas University's Central District on Monday, Feb. 29 2016. The city plans to rebuild much of 19th Street, at right, between Iowa Street, not pictured, and Naismith Drive, including the intersection of 19th Street and Ousdahl Road, bottom right.

A new traffic signal may be on tap for motorists who use 19th Street to get to the Kansas University campus.

The city of Lawrence is looking for public feedback on its plan to rebuild the intersection of 19th Street and Ousdahl Road, which is slated to become the primary entrance to Kansas University’s Central District. The proposed plan includes a traffic signal and several other improvements

The city is hosting a public meeting about the reconstruction Wednesday in the Jayhawk Room of Fire Station No. 5, 1911 Stewart Ave., from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. City officials have released more details about the project, which is being planned in advance of KU’s $350 million redevelopment of the central part of its campus.

City Engineer David Cronin said the rebuild of 19th Street from Iowa Street to Naismith Drive has been on a list of projects to be funded with the city’s 10-year infrastructure sales tax plan.

“With the KU project moving forward, we have begun preliminary design plans for 19th Street so that work on the KU project ,including access, sidewalks, bike paths, waterlines, storm sewer, etc., doesn’t need to be reconstructed again in a couple of years,” Cronin said in an email.

The primary focus of the construction — and of Wednesday’s public meeting — will be the Ousdahl Road intersection.

Nineteenth Street and Ousdahl Road is currently three-way. When it becomes a four-way intersection during the KU Central District project, “a traffic signal will be warranted for the additional traffic,” Cronin said.

That area of campus will be transformed under KU’s redevelopment plan. It will house a new student union, integrated science building, residence hall and dining facility, utility plant and parking facilities.

A preliminary design for the 19th Street-Ousdahl Road intersection will be presented at Wednesday’s meeting. Cronin said the design includes raised islands to prohibit drivers from cutting through the residential neighborhood to the south of 19th Street.

The effects that construction will have to the surrounding neighborhood will also be discussed Wednesday. A timeline for the project hasn’t been announced, and a news release about the upcoming meeting says only that 19th Street will be reconstructed in “the next few years.”

The half mile of 19th Street is currently two lanes with no dedicated bike lanes and a sidewalk on the south side of the street.

According to 2015 data, 19th Street from Iowa to Naismith was given a pavement condition index of about 44, classifying it as in “fair condition.” The index gives a rating to streets from 0 (worst) to 100 (best). A cruder map of the 2016 index shows the portion of 19th Street remains in fair condition.

The street is part of the approximately 145 miles of Lawrence streets, or 17.5 percent, classified as being fair to poor.

“Nineteenth Street is in poor condition and needs to be reconstructed,” Cronin said.