Lenexa plans to spend roughly $7 million on its major street maintenance projects in 2023.Â
That list includes the first round of street reconstruction in central Lenexa and resurfacing on major thoroughfares.
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Traffic and upkeep projects in Lenexa pull funding from the city’s street maintenance sales tax, property tax and some outside sources.
Falcon Valley Drive reconstruction in central Lenexa
- Falcon Valley Drive in the heart of the city is the first street identified for full reconstruction this year.
- That will affect a stretch between Prairie Star Parkway and Woodland Road.
- Work is expected to begin early in the summer and take a few months to complete.
- More information on traffic impacts is expected to come later this year.

Stretch of 87th Street Parkway to be worked on
- A mill and overlay project — removing the top layer of a road and repaving it — will impact 87th Street Parkway between Maurer and Pflumm roads.
- This project will get $827,000 from the Johnson County Assisted Road System, or CARS, program.
- Throughout 2022, major improvements were done on 87th Street Parkway around the I-435 interchange, focusing on widening both and adding new traffic signals to a congested area of one of the city’s busiest streets.
Other repaving roadwork projects planned:
- Marshall Drive from 87th Street Parkway to the northern Lenexa limits
- Pflumm Road between 103rd Street and College Boulevard
- Renner Boulevard between 95th Street and College Boulevard
Residential road projects also on the list
- Some neighborhood streets will also be resurfaced in 2023 with ultra-thin bonded asphalt.
- That includes roads in College View, Canyon Creek, Cottonwood Canyon and Manchester Park.
Bigger traffic projects planned in 2023 include:Â
- Santa Fe Trail Drive improvementsÂ
- Build outs of Clare Road and Britton StreetÂ
- 83rd Street and Monticello improvements.Â
- Improvements at the 95th Street and Loiret Boulevard
- Traffic signal replacement 87th Street ParkwayÂ
- Improvement projects on Prairie Star Parkway and Lone Elm Road
- All those are valued at nearly $22 million. Find more information here.Â
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This story has been updated to include more information about traffic projects planned in 2023.Â