A repaving project on 87th Street Parkway between Loiret Boulevard and Pflumm Road in Lenexa is expected to cause traffic delays this summer and fall.
Work on the roughly two-mile stretch should begin Wednesday on the project, which will take several weeks, according to a city news release. The exact end date is unclear.
What’s the scope of the work?
- The plan is to repave 87th Street Parkway between Loiret Boulevard and Pflumm Road as part of the city’s $7 million annual street maintenance project list.
- It’s a mill and overlay project, which means crews will grind the older pavement and lay a two-inch thick pavement layer over it.
- The work will touch one of the city’s highest-trafficked main roads.
- This particular project also received $827,000 from the Johnson County Assistance Road System.
87th Street Parkway will stay open
- Though 87th Street Parkway through this stretch will stay open, some lanes may close throughout.
- Electric signs posted on either side of the project warn drivers to “expect delays” throughout the project.
87th Street Parkway has seen other recent improvements
- Last summer, Lenexa embarked on a much-awaited project to widen 87th Street Parkway around the I-435 interchange.
- The work lasted months, widening the road, the interchange ramps, upgrading existing lanes and other major improvements. This area also got new traffic signals and street lights.
- Last fall, the city also opened a new tunnel under 87th Street Parkway, which connected the park to the Mill Creek Trail. That project required a short closure of the major thoroughfare.
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