Shoppers and drivers at Prairie Village’s Corinth Quarter and Corinth Square shopping centers will notice changes to 83rd Street next year.
The Prairie Village City Council on July 20 unanimously approved a rehabilitation plan for 83rd Street between Mission Road and Somerset Drive, which runs in between Corinth Quarter and Corinth Square.
While Village Vision 2.0, the city’s comprehensive plan, contemplated on-street parking and consolidation of entrances, Public Works Director Keith Bredehoeft said at the meeting, a group of councilmembers and business representatives landed on a scaled-back version of that concept.
The city council approved project envisions a pedestrian connection and island about halfway through this section of 83rd Street as well as some modified right-turn lane lengths.
Here’s a look at the changes that are in the works for the “Corinth Corridor” of 83rd Street.
A look at the changes
Drivers and pedestrians alike will notice differences once the project, slated for 2027 under the city’s County Assistance Road Systems, or CARS, program, is completed.
Bredehoeft said that after discussing various ideas for this specific corridor, the group of councilmembers and business representatives landed opted against any on-street parking for 83rd Street between Mission Road and Somerset Drive.
There are also no plans to change the access points into either Corinth Square or Corinth Quarter off of 83rd Street.
The most noticeable change will be the pedestrian crosswalk, accompanied by a pedestrian island, about midway through this stretch of 83rd Street.
Along this “Corinth Corridor,” there will also be some curb extensions to make some portions of the roadway narrower.
This includes additional curbing near the pedestrian crosswalk, which intends to make the width of the roadway pedestrians need to cross shorter.
A presentation of the specific changes is embedded in the document below:
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Bredehoeft told the city council last week that the standard CARS project for this stretch of the road is an estimated $350,000.
A standard CARS project includes concrete work and asphalt upgrades, Bredehoeft said.
The curb pedestrian island work and the grading for some new green space is an additional $75,000, Bredehoeft said.
“We kind of feel this is the kind of stuff we would do a lot of with the normal project anyway, if we look at opportunities to make things better when we get done with our projects,” Bredehoeft said.
Bredehoeft said the city will also look at enhanced landscaping, pedestrian lighting and other lighting along the north side of the street.
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