Thursday, September 3, 2009

Much ado about nothing

Just a short blurb today, but I'll make up for it tomorrow.

There's a rumor floating around that the Kansas Avenue railroad overpass project has fallen through, or something to that effect.

I called City Manager Steve Archer today to ask him about it, but I was pretty sure I already knew what his answer would be.

In short, there's nothing to it. The project is proceeding as expected.

The start of construction was moved back to January, so perhaps that's where this rumor got started. This is pretty normal for KDOT lately, because they're swamped trying to get all of the stimulus projects done before the end of the year.

To make a long story short: The overpass will begin in January. Once the dirt ramps are built, they have to sit for six months with no settling before the bridge can be built.

Also, Archer told me the money that has been appropriated can't be spent on anything else anyway, so there's little to no chance KDOT would kill the project at this point.

5 comments:

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  2. Is it true there is a state law now that requires them to do this everywhere? I know Wichita had to do this kind of thing downtown.

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  3. @themaninac:

    Requires them to do what everywhere?

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  4. I thought the government (federal?) past a law about 5 years ago that - at least on major highways and possibly also all well traveled roads - that overpasses or underpasses must be built by a certain date. This may have been just a rumor or repealed since. I know Wichita spent major money to get the underpasses built in its downtown area.

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  5. Ah. Don't know about that. I just know it's specifically appropriated money.

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