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Traffic & Roads

On top of the already approved slate of annual chip seal work, Overland Park will also use other road resurfacing methods, including mill and overlay and ultrathin bonded asphalt, to preserve and rehabilitate other streets in 2025. All told, the...
The city of Prairie Village is looking at improving five major thoroughfares over the next five years. The Prairie Village City Council last week voted 11-0 to approve a five-year plan for the city’s County Assistance Road System program funding...
The stretch of 167th Street between Metcalf and Antioch in Overland Park will fully close to traffic for six months as part of the major reconstruction work on U.S. Highway 69. The closures also mean the entrance and exit ramps...
A stretch of 55th Street in Roeland Park that the mayor called "dangerous right now" has prompted city officials to consider a plan to make it safer. The north side of 55th Street between Shawnee Mission Parkway and Roe Boulevard...
A stretch of 66th Street near Prairie Elementary in Prairie Village is finally receiving traffic calming measures. After years of residents wanting some sort of traffic calming measure along 66th Street between Roe Avenue and Mission Road, the Prairie Village...
Overland Park has earmarked about $4.4 million for annual street preservation work in 2025 using the long-debated chip seal method. The work this year will cover roughly 140 lane miles of city streets. It comes as city leaders say they’re still...
A major street project on Tomahawk Creek Parkway in Leawood began earlier this month, with trail and partial road closures beginning next week. The project, which is expected to be complete in December, stretches from College Boulevard to Roe Avenue...
Two key sections of Lone Elm Road in Olathe are primed for major upgrades. The Olathe City Council voted 5-0 last month to approve spending more than $32 million on two separate projects along the thoroughfare. The projects include adding turn...
Olathe plans to overhaul the last "rural" stretch of Black Bob Road in a growing corner of the city with a $17.4 million project that will widen the roadway and address concerns about traffic safety. Last month, the Olathe City...
Olathe has set aside $20.3 million for a project aimed at updating a stretch of 159th Street to improve traffic capacity. Earlier this week, the Olathe City Council voted 5-0 to authorize the 159th Street improvement project between Mur-Len and...
Another round of rehabilitating Johnson Drive in Mission is on the horizon, but this time, without a plan to remove lanes. The Mission City Council last week unanimously approved using $5 million worth of grant funding, awarded by the Mid-America...
Editor's note: This project will no longer include building a new traffic signal. This story was updated Dec. 20 to clarify the record. Overland Park is paving the way for a new pocket park and a new traffic pattern in...