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Potential delays for Wednesday

A few notes about approaching and completed road projects and repairs, with information from the Kansas Department of Transportation:• Traffic heading east on a section of Interstate 70 in Topeka will be squeezed into one lane Wednesday. The affected stretch will be from Eighth Street to ...

New ads add baggage at KCI carousels

[DoubleTake Marketing][1] @ [Yahoo! Video][2]What's next: Ads on the back of a speeding ticket?In the latest incarnation of sales pitches infiltrating our lives in ways we cannot avoid, Kansas City International Airport now has advertisements affixed to at least two of its baggage carousels.The ...

Turnpike interchange to be ready by Thanksgiving

Exit 202 on the Kansas Turnpike is poised to reopen to all traffic by Thanksgiving, a month earlier than expected.The exit - officially known as the West Lawrence interchange, which is at the end of McDonald Drive and north of the Hallmark Cards production plant - has been only half operational ...

Ohio St. reopens, on brick, from Sixth to Eighth streets

The bricks are back on Ohio Street, and they're ready for traffic to roll.By 3 p.m. Wednesday, the street will be open to through traffic once again from Sixth to Eighth streets. Seventh Street will also reopen. That section has been closed since April as contractors rebuilt its base and ...

Repairs could spur delays on I-435, U.S. 69

More news from the Kansas Department of Transportation about short-term construction that could cause traffic delays. ...In Johnson County, two projects will squeeze traffic along Interstate 435:¢ The westbound right two lanes and eastbound left two lanes will be closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. ...

Ramp repairs to close I-70 lanes Wednesday in Topeka; Super Bowl hype begins

Repairs scheduled along Interstate 70 near Gage Boulevard in Topeka will mean potential delays Wednesday for daytime drivers, as repair crews temporarily close one lane of traffic in each direction.The left lanes - one for traffic heading west, the other for vehicles moving east - are scheduled ...