A couple of blocks of 11th Street will be closed before and after KU football home games for increased pedestrian and traffic safety. And although the city will expand lane closures on Haskell Avenue for a water main project, construction may wrap up earlier than originally slated.
Here are the details, according to a city news release:
Fambrough Drive (11th Street) between Maine and Illinois Streets:
11th Street, which becomes Fambrough Drive for a few blocks, will temporarily close between Maine and Illinois Streets on all days that KU football has a home game this season. The closures are intended to increase safety for pedestrians and stadium traffic.
The first closure will be Saturday, Aug. 23. The street will close around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, five hours before kickoff, and will reopen around 45 minutes after the game.
See here for dates and times, where available, of KU football’s home games.
Haskell Avenue between 23rd and 25th Streets:
Starting in April, contractors closed the center turn lane on Haskell Avenue at 28th Street, with plans to progress to 23rd Street across multiple phases of a water main replacement project.
Tuesday, Aug. 26, workers will “extend the existing lane drop on Haskell Ave. and modify the intersection of 23rd St. and Haskell Ave.,” according to the city’s Friday news release.
When work began in April, the city expected the project to end in January 2026. Now, the city says the water main will be completed and lanes reopened November 2025.
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