- Wetlands advocates look for new ways to stop construction of South Lawrence Trafficway as legal battle ends
- October 13, 2012
- At one time, Patrick Austin Freeland thought a fancy suit and a trip to Washington, D.C., probably was the best way to stave off the South Lawrence Trafficway. Freeland, like dozens upon dozens of Haskell Indian Nations University students over the last two decades, has been a crusader to stop the South Lawrence Trafficway from being built through the wetlands that are owned by Haskell and Baker universities along 31st Street.
- South Lawrence Trafficway legal fight ends with passing of deadline
- October 9, 2012
- The more than 20-year legal battle to stop the South Lawrence Trafficway from running through the Baker Wetlands is now officially over.
- KDOT maps its vision for South Lawrence Trafficway westside interchange
- September 24, 2012
- A large crowd Monday evening got a glimpse at what city leaders are predicting will be a new gateway to Lawrence by late 2015.
- SLT milestone
- The South Lawrence Trafficway may finally become a reality.
- July 12, 2012
- After decades of debate and litigation, it appears the eastern leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway finally has cleared its last major hurdle.
- Ruling: Officials took ‘hard look’ at SLT plan
- July 11, 2012
- In its ruling Tuesday that upheld plans for the South Lawrence Trafficway, a U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals panel said any errors in a noise study were “harmless.”
- 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds state’s approved route of South Lawrence Trafficway through the Baker Wetlands
- 12:25 p.m., July 10, 2012 Updated 12:17 a.m.
- A U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals panel has upheld the state’s approved route of the South Lawrence Trafficway through the Baker Wetlands, according to a decision released Tuesday.
- Court case causing more delays for SLT project
- July 5, 2012
- Both supporters and opponents of the project to build a bypass through the Baker Wetlands are finding the waiting game extends to the legal case surrounding the roadway, too.
- Haskell, KU students walking to underscore environmental, Native American spiritual issues of trafficway
- May 16, 2012
- A group of Kansas University and Haskell Indian Nations University students had made it to Brunswick, Mo., on Wednesday evening in their effort to walk from Lawrence to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness about the environmental controversy surrounding the South Lawrence Trafficway.
- State commits to building 15th Street interchange on SLT if $2 million in local funds is used
- April 27, 2012
- A long talked-about interchange at Bob Billings Parkway and the South Lawrence Trafficway may be under construction by 2014, if city and county commissioners can find an extra $2 million in their future budgets.
- Attorneys for South Lawrence Trafficway supporters, opponents square off in oral arguments in Denver appeals court
- January 19, 2012
- Attorneys on both sides of the South Lawrence Trafficway argument made their cases in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Thursday.
- State transportation officials abandon idea of tolls on South Lawrence Trafficway
- 02:27 p.m., January 5, 2012 Updated 04:09 p.m.
- The Kansas Department of Transportation has decided against making any portion of the South Lawrence Trafficway a toll road, the agency announced Thursday.
- Settlement reached in 2009 K-10 fatality
- 10:10 p.m., December 29, 2011 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- A Douglas County judge Wednesday approved a $250,000 settlement in a lawsuit over the 2009 death of a 21-year-old Lecompton man in a motorcycle accident on the South Lawrence Trafficway.
- Lawrence city leaders to ask Kansas legislators for increased speeding fines along K-10, new sales tax for Internet shoppers, SLT to be completed
- December 19, 2011
- From roads to the speeders who drive on them, Lawrence city commissioners have items they hope state lawmakers will address during the upcoming legislative session.
- State to contact Lawrence property owners about purchasing right-of-way land for completion of South Lawrence Trafficway
- November 21, 2011
- State transportation officials soon will contact about 60 Lawrence property owners to begin the process of buying right-of-way to complete the controversial South Lawrence Trafficway.
- South Lawrence Trafficway appeal awaits oral arguments
- 05:27 p.m., September 8, 2011 Updated 05:18 a.m.
- At stake: Whether the $192 million project can continue as designed, with construction contractors to be hired in late 2013, or whether plans for the highway must face a new round of regulatory study and potential redirection.
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