Street maintenance funds rise after major storm
Garden City and neighboring towns face a funding gap after a severe winter storm. Curran notes sealing rotates from 23 to five years, boosting costs to 330 889 for crack sealing patching and base work. Dodge City Great Bend Liberal and others report varying budgets, aging streets, and ongoing catch up efforts.
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Curran
Garden City
Dodge City
Great Bend
Joe Finley
John Deardoff
Deardoff
Finley
Wyatt Earp
Don Craig
Craig
Liberal
Joe Sealey
Sealey
City outlines five year plan for major street rebuilds
City officials detail a multi year program to repave and replace concrete on West Kansas Avenue from Taylor Avenue to Third Street and other corridors. First phase at Eighth and Main to finish this month with further work planned through 2009 and 2008 including Fulton Street and Kansas Avenue segments. Funding from state grants with a 50 percent match anticipated for Taylor Avenue to Hattie Street and potential extension to 10th Street to Main. Mary Street described as the roughest section, a prominent concern for public works.
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Taylor Avenue
Third Street
Eighth
Main Streets
Fulton Street
Fleming Street
Campus Drive
Kansas Avenue
Kansas Department of Transportation
10Th Street
10Th
Hattie Streets
Hattie Street
Cottrell
Main
Third Streets
Mary Street
Sam Curran
Garden City plans five year street upgrades and expansions
Garden City outlines a five year capital plan with 2004 start dates for replacing asphalt with concrete at Third Street and Kansas Avenue and near Campus Drive, rebuilding North 11th Street, widening US 50 to the Airport Raceway area, and adding lanes on Kansas Avenue and Main Street. Additional work targets Jennie Barker Road Mary Street Kansas 156 intersections, Fulton Street, JC Street and Terminal Avenue, with funding pressures delaying Mary Street projects and local tax support required for non state highway segments. Local business owners express frustration over planning and delays while officials expect Mary Street overlays in 2007 and concrete work at key intersections.
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Garden City
Third Street
Kansas Avenue
Campus Drive
North 11Th Street
Airport Raceway
Jennie Barker
Schulman Avenue
Main Street
Finnup Park
Taylor Avenue
Mary Street
Kansas 156
East Mary Street
Fulton Street
Main
Ninth Streets
JC Street
Terminal Avenue
Fleming Street
Curran
KDOT
Eighth and
Mary Streets
Cottrell
Eighth
Main Streets
Whitham
Burtis Motors
Gary Whitehurst
Herb’s
Kansas Ave
Whitehurst
Bush backs 9 11 reform plan to streamline intelligence
The panel notes the 9 11 commission criticized the 15 intelligence agencies for poor coordination before the 2001 attacks. Senate members urge empowering a director with hiring power over agency leaders and budget control to unify intelligence operations.
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Washington
Senate
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