WRITER: Bremen Keasey

Commissioners approve agreement with design firm to revamp part of Lawrence's Mass Street; plan would add protected bike lanes

Lawrence city commissioners voted to approve an agreement with a design firm to redesign a portion of Mass. Street, opting for a design that would shrink space for cars from four to three lanes and add protected bike lanes as part of a revamp of the street. The commissioners voted unanimously to approve a $494,915 design agreement with Trekk Design Group to draft a new design on Massachusetts Street from 14th ...

City commissioners to consider changes to Downtown parking enforcement process; Lawrence staff hopes it improves experience

Lawrence commissioners will consider approving wholesale changes to the Downtown parking enforcement program — from decriminalizing parking violations to changing the appeals process — that would go into effect at the start of next year. The biggest change as part of this proposal would be shifting the city’s current enforcement process from a legal one that can lead to court dates or the issuance of ...

Lawrence commissioners to consider redesign of part of Mass Street to add protected bike lanes, reduce lanes for cars

City commissioners will consider approving a redesign of a portion of Mass Street that shrinks space for cars from four to three lanes and adds protected bike lanes as part of a multimodal redesign. The potential addition of bike lanes to Massachusetts Street from 14th Street to 23rd Street had been explored by the city since 2023, as the Journal-World reported. That corridor is part of the priority bikeway ...

In survey of Douglas County renters, two-thirds said their rent had gone up over 2 years

Two-thirds of Douglas County renters surveyed last year by advocates and KU researchers said their rents had risen over two years, and many of them said it took them several months and multiple applications to find a place to live. That's according to the recently released report on the Tenant Experience Survey, which KU's Life Span Institute and the LiveWell Sexual Violence Prevention Work Group conducted from ...

Lawrence Arts Center seeks local artist to create mural for new Dillons store on KU's west campus

The Lawrence Arts Center is seeking a local artist to create an indoor mural for the new Dillons store that's coming to the University of Kansas' west campus, and applications will be open until mid-January. According to the Arts Center's website, the mural will be 7 feet high by 18 feet wide and will be displayed in the vestibule of the new store at 2205 Iowa St. The mural is intended to "celebrate the unique, ...

City staff says new irrigation project for Eagle Bend Golf Course, sports fields could save millions of dollars over 20 years

A new project that city leaders approved this week should make it more efficient to irrigate Eagle Bend Golf Course and athletic fields in southwest Lawrence, and staff says it could save the city millions of dollars over 20 years. On Tuesday night, Lawrence city commissioners voted to award Schuetz Construction LLC a bid for the Eagle Bend Golf Course and Youth Sports Complex Irrigation Water Supply project. ...