Construction crews near the intersection of Eighth and Vermont streets are preparing to install a new metal bus shelter there, the city said Wednesday. In a social media post, the city said the bus stop at the northeast corner of Eighth and Vermont was being upgraded to include a “more ...
After Lawrence fell far short of a clean energy target it set for 2025, city staff wanted to repeal the ordinance that set the target. But now, a city adviser wants to not only keep that ordinance, but give it more teeth. The ordinance is known as Ordinance 9744, and it was passed by the City ...
More than $74 million in improvements to reduce the Kansas River wastewater treatment plant’s impact on the environment are almost complete, city staff said this week. At the Connected City Advisory Board’s meeting on Monday, Trevor Flynn, assistant director of Municipal Services and ...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup may be one of the biggest events the Kansas City area has ever seen, but it will take a lot of little details to pull it off successfully. For Scott Fewins, general manager of field operations for Lawrence’s Municipal Services and Operations department, that means ...
Living outside in an unsanctioned homeless camp, Misty Bosch-Hastings says, is “horrific.” In two years as director of Lawrence’s Homeless Solutions Division, she’s seen enough human trafficking, violence, substance abuse and death in encampments to know that. “It’s horrific. ...
Users of the Lawrence Loop trail system want it to stay close to the river and away from busy streets when its missing downtown segment is eventually built. That’s according to the results of a survey and open house the city recently held to see which paths people wanted for the ...