Overland Park wants to require developers to pave new residential and collector streets with concrete. The potential change, which city leaders and staff have discussed over the past few months, would likely cut down on the disturbance from street maintenance over time and reduce the city’s use of chip seal as a road resurfacing and maintenance tool. “It’s a small step, but it’s a step in the right direction,” said Public Works Director Lorraine Basalo late last month. Since Overland Park north of Interstate 435 is mostly built out, the concrete street requirement would primarily impact new neighborhoods being built in the southern half of the city. Recently, the Overland Park City Council Public Works Committee unanimously supported the change in the city’s Design and Construction Standards Manual for concrete streets. Now, the greater city council will have to weigh in on the shift to concrete streets in Overland Park’s design criteria.
Source: Prairie Village Post
