WRITER: Rochelle Valverde

Temporary traffic installations to demonstrate designs for city's new bike boulevards

The City of Lawrence will be putting up temporary traffic installations to demonstrate potential designs for the city’s first bike boulevards, which will modify two city streets to make them user-friendly for cyclists and pedestrians. On Thursday, the city will use materials such as paint, traffic tape and plastic bollards to demonstrate traffic designs at the intersection of 13th and Connecticut streets and ...

City leaders approve $250K for study to improve Lawrence stoplight timing

City leaders have approved a study that aims to decrease the time spent sitting behind a red light while commuting across the city. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to amend the 2019 budget to include $250,000 for a city-wide traffic signal coordination and timing study to improve the flow of traffic throughout the city. Municipal Services and Operations Director Dave ...

Lawrence City Commission votes to lower fine for marijuana possession to $1

Lawrence city leaders are moving forward with changes that would decrease the city’s fine for possessing small amounts of marijuana to $1. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Commissioner Stuart Boley opposed, to amend the city ordinance that lays out the penalties for first and second convictions for marijuana possession. The changes apply to people 18 and over who ...

Lawrence City Commission to consider lowering fines for marijuana possession

Lawrence city leaders will soon consider whether to move forward with changes that would decrease the city’s penalties for possessing marijuana, which currently amount to hundreds of dollars. Last month, Lawrence city commissioners expressed support for lowering the fine for the possession of small amounts of marijuana to $1 for first and second convictions. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission ...

Lawrence City Commission will discuss budgeting $250K for study to improve city's stoplight timing

Those frustrated that their commute across Lawrence includes significant time spent behind a stoplight could soon see some relief. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will discuss amending the 2019 budget to include $250,000 for a city-wide traffic signal coordination and timing study that aims to improve travel in the city. In a memo to the commission, city staff state that the city’s ...

Local organization that received city funding for Junior Olympics still owes money related to event

More than a year and a half after a local sporting events organization hosted the Junior Olympics — with the help of public dollars — there are still unpaid bills and unanswered questions. The USA Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships were held at the University of Kansas’ Rock Chalk Park in July 2017, and KU officials say the now-defunct Lawrence Sports Corporation still owes the university ...