Wichita street projects for 2020 total $215M, mayor says
The city of Wichita has 16 street and bridge projects — either underway or planned — for the coming year that total more than $215 million.
Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple highlighted some of the projects during his first briefing for media.
He showed slides of the Kellogg and Webb bridge with new aesthetic lighting. The LED lights will include different colors for each season, he said, as well as designs for holidays such as an American flag for Memorial Day. The same lighting will be installed for the Greenwich bridge, he said.
Work is ongoing on frontage road connections with the goal to have the freeway back to 60 mph this summer, Whipple said.
Another project the mayor mentioned was upgrades at 29th and Maize in northwest Wichita. Work on the intersection is scheduled for March to add a right-turn lane on northbound Maize and an additional left-turn lane for westbound 29th Street. Recent development has resulted in delays during peak hours and the weekends, he said.
He also discussed the Harry Street bridge project, which is supposed to go through the end of 2020, and work on 17th Street from North Broadway to I-135.
You can find details about city street projects at the Public Works section of the city’s website, wichita.gov.
This story was originally published January 17, 2020 at 2:16 PM.
