The City of Lawrence, partnering with the Kansas Department of Transportation, will soon take a half mile of Iowa Street down to one lane for maintenance.
Work will begin Monday, July 6, and will affect Iowa Street from Sixth Street to Harvard Road. The city expects work to be done by September.
“This project will bring essential surface preservation improvements to one of Lawrence’s major travel corridors, including asphalt mill and overlay work, new pavement markings, curb and gutter replacement, and ADA sidewalk accessibility improvements,” according to a city news release.
Crews will start by closing the outside northbound and southbound lanes, before reopening them and closing the inside northbound and southbound lanes. As a result, there will be turning restrictions and reduced speeds on the strip.
There will always be one northbound and one southbound lane opened on Iowa during construction.
“This project is part of KDOT’s City Connecting Link Improvement Program, which supports improvements on state highways that pass through local communities,” per the release.
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