Both the City and County Commissions during a joint meeting on Monday discussed the Jennie Barker Road project — which will be funded by a .3-cent sales tax increase approved by the public in November — which indicated that the project will be three-lanes, and will prepare the area for future expansions, if needed.
The City has already entered a task agreement with Wilson and Company to begin design work for the project, according to Sam Curran, the City’s Public Works Director.
“We need to have the design done by the end of 2019, for the construction in 2020,” Curran said.
According to Tyler Glissman, an engineer with Wilson and Co., his company is looking at designing at three-lane roadway section for the project, which will include urbanized improvements such as road improvements as well as sidewalks, walking trails, a storm sewer, and traffic signals at the intersection of Mary Street and Kansas Highway 156.
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