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Lawrence road and street work planned this week
A sweeping set of city road projects will occur this week in Lawrence. Ninth Street from Tennessee to Kentucky will be rebuilt with new pavement, curb, gutters, sidewalks and traffic signals, with delays and 20 mph limits through the zone, finishing by late August. Other work includes reconstructions on Billings Parkway eastbound lanes, Iowa Street repaving, curb and gutter replacements, a concrete median at 33rd and Iowa, and delays during construction through late summer. Additional work on Tennessee and 14th, West 23rd, Oxford Road, 19th Street, 15th and Iowa, Wakarusa Drive, Ninth and Pennsylvania, Eighth and Pennsylvania, Kentucky Street, and projects for the New Hampshire hotel site, water mains, and U.S. highways is scheduled with various lane closures, detours, and completion targets in August through mid-November. delayed traffic and detours are expected citywide.