Lawrence begins road maintenance project

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The 2008 Street Maintenance Program started yesterday afternoon when Missouri Pavement and Maintenance Inc.’s bid won a $300,000 crack seal project. The companies will work on the area north of Sixth Street, between McDonald Drive and the river, as well as the area north of Princeton Street and west of Iowa Street.

There are seven more streets to bid on.

The most notable road repaving projects remaining to be bid on include parts of downtown and “student ghetto” areas, the intersection at 19th and Louisiana streets, and Iowa Street from 23rd to 31st streets.

Dena Mezger, Lawrence assistant public works director, said the intersection at 19th and Louisiana streets would probably affect drivers the most because 19th Street would be closed to traffic from Tennessee to Alabama streets all summer long. She said the project should be finished by Aug. 4.

The downtown area will have Massachusetts Street repaved from Sixth to Seventh streets and 13th to 23rd streets. The “student ghetto” will see Kentucky Street repaved from Sixth to 12th streets.

Taylor Miller

Pothole at 19th and Louisiana

Those streets should take four to six weeks to complete, Mezger said.

Projects on Massachusetts Street have caused trouble for some businesses in the past because they shut down access to their side of the street and block customers off from local shops and restaurants.

Paul Peach, co-owner of Pita Pit, 1011 Massachusetts St., said his restaurant had to deal with about three to four months of roadwork, which had a negative effect on its business.

“It definitely sucked last year when we had all that crap,” Peach said. “But I like how they get it all out of the way during the summer though because that’s when business is slow to begin with.”

The Iowa Street project will also affect drivers this summer.

The five-lane road will be reduced to a two-to-three lane street from 23rd to 31 streets on Iowa Street.

Mezger expects the city to finish repaving that area by the end of the summer.

— Edited by Patrick De Oliveira

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