Hiawatha citizens spoke out against the Kansas Department of Transportation’s road diet at the Informational Meeting about the First Corridor on Monday evening. The Informational Meeting, which was hosted by the City of Hiawatha and held at the Fisher Center, was presented mostly by Public Works Director Brad Scott and BG Consultants representative Jason Hoskinson. KDOT Area Engineer Michael Hagemann and KDOT District Engineer Leeroy Koehn were also present during the meeting. Mayor Becky Shamburg was also present. The main topic regarded the flashing yellow and red traffic signals at the First Corridor, located at the intersection between First Street and Oregon Street. Hoskinson went over a summary of the road diet, where he stated that a Traffic Engineering Assistance Program (TEAP) study was implemented to evaluate if the signals were to be removed. “We collected the data in the spring of 2022,” Hoskinson explained. “We found the first of Iowa and the first of Oregon signal [sic] were not warranted.”
Source: City Government | hiawathaworldonline.com
