McLean Boulevard won’t be a boulevard anymore where it passes the new baseball stadium, the Wichita City Council decided Tuesday.
The council approved a plan to narrow McLean, now a four-lane street, to two lanes where it jogs around the $75 million ball park under construction at the corner of Maple and McLean.
“It will be reduced to one lane in either direction” between Maple and Douglas, with the intent “to make it more pedestrian friendly,” said Paul Gunzelman, the assistant city engineer who presented the plan to the council.
The overall plan for the stadium district includes a new walking bridge over the Arkansas River and commercial development along the west bank.
“Walkability” has been the watchword, as close-in parking will be far more scarce that it was at the now-demolished Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
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