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South Lawrence Trafficway

South Lawrence Trafficway could get boost from highway bill Parkinson signed Tuesday
By Scott Rothschild
08:00 a.m., May 25, 2010 Updated 04:34 p.m.
Two controversial projects that would have a big impact in northeast Kansas got a boost Tuesday with the signing of the new transportation plan by Gov. Mark Parkinson.
KDOT still responding to SLT records request
By Mark Fagan
March 14, 2010
Plans for finishing the South Lawrence Trafficway remain stuck in idle, as the estimated $148 million project continues to lack money for completion, plans for construction and clearance from a federal court that has yet to set a definitive date for hearing legal arguments from opponents of the project.
Trafficway opponents seek KU roadblock
By Mark Fagan
November 2, 2009
If the South Lawrence Trafficway is to be built along an approved alignment through the Baker Wetlands, some of the resulting pavement would need to cross a 20-acre patch of property owned by Kansas University. And a coalition of project opponents is pushing the university to put the brakes on the highway plan, or at least steer the project south of the Wakarusa River.
SLT ranks 5th on KDOT list
By Mark Fagan
October 8, 2009
Completion of the South Lawrence Trafficway rates among the state’s top five priorities for future urban highway improvements, a list expected to form the basis for a proposed new highway program.
SLT expected to rank high on project funding list
By Chad Lawhorn
October 7, 2009
It soon will be competition time for the South Lawrence Trafficway, city and county leaders were told Tuesday afternoon.
Highway advocates push $10 billion transportation plan
By Scott Rothschild
September 28, 2009
What has become a once-a-decade effort started Monday, as highway advocates pushed for a new transportation plan that could cost upwards of $10 billion and increase motor fuels taxes.
Trafficway funding boost expected
Senate transportation bill contains $1.25M requested by Roberts
By Mark Fagan
September 28, 2009
The money isn’t in the bank yet, but area and state officials already are looking forward to spending another $1.25 million on the South Lawrence Trafficway.
Highway funds will dwindle, projects to be limited, unless transportation funding improves
Few projects will be completed across state in next few years
By Mark Fagan
12:21 p.m., July 23, 2009 Updated 05:37 p.m.
The federal stimulus program may be injecting $348 million into state highway projects, but don’t expect a long list of new work in coming years, the state’s top transportation official warned Thursday.
K-10 leaders laud South Lawrence Trafficway advocate
By Mark Fagan
June 19, 2009
Bob Johnson received a collective pat on the back for his persistent work on a project that isn’t finished yet, some two dozen years after government officials started seriously kicking around the idea of building a loop for traffic around southern Lawrence.
Roberts touts SLT as component of high-tech corridor for state
By Mark Fagan
May 27, 2009
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts is renewing his push to finance completion of the South Lawrence Trafficway, and to get there he’s calling on some high-tech assistance from some high-profile projects. Roberts, R-Kan., wants the federal government to pump $5 million into speeding development along what he calls the “Kansas High-Tech Corridor” between Johnson County to the east and Manhattan to the west.
New wetlands taking shape
Trafficway still in legal limbo; mitigation plan forges ahead
By Mark Fagan
March 25, 2009
The Ziploc bags are all lined up, each filled with seeds designated for swales being carved into former corn and soybean fields north of the Wakarusa River. By this summer, the 57 water-filled depressions will receive their plantings — floatings, really — for germination into a new 142-acre expanse of wetlands. A boardwalk also will be installed, a trail system created, a parking lot established and a picnic pavilion erected. Of course, the actual impetus for all this wetlands work — construction of the remaining stretch of the South Lawrence Trafficway — remains mired in legal limbo.
KDOT surveys target property
By Mark Fagan
March 25, 2009
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.
SLT Bob Billings interchange plan misses out on federal stimulus funding
By Mark Fagan
09:46 a.m., February 20, 2009 Updated 05:12 p.m.
The South Lawrence Trafficway won’t be getting a new interchange at Bob Billings Parkway any time soon.
Stimulus talk spurs SLT hope
By Mark Fagan
January 11, 2009
Barack Obama’s imminent presidential inauguration — and, in particular, his plans for billions of dollars in infrastructure investment — is stimulating hope for completing the South Lawrence Trafficway in Lawrence.
SLT, road work, public transit are big issues for transit in 2009
December 28, 2008
Area leaders are gearing up for transportation projects in 2009.

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