More 9th Street work coming for Jayhawk Watershed project, city says
The phase follows the reopening of an adjacent stretch of 9th Street that had been closed for the project.
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Sign up freeLawrence drivers should expect fresh disruption on 9th Street, where the city said Friday, Sept. 11, that contractors are preparing milling and traffic signal work for the Jayhawk Watershed stormwater project.
The announcement, as distributed, says only that contractors are preparing to complete major work on 9th Street over the next several — the text breaks off before naming a unit of time. It does not identify the blocks the work covers, a start date, whether 9th Street will close or narrow, any detour routes, or which intersections' signals change and how.
The city's project page describes the Jayhawk Watershed project as a multi-year effort to replace aging stormwater drainage, some of it dating to the early 20th century, to address long-standing flooding. The page lists overall completion for 2027.
Drivers planning around the 9th Street work also have two other area restrictions to account for: the Clinton Lake outer road dropped to one lane Aug. 5 for months of resurfacing, and traffic shifts on the K-10 South Lawrence Trafficway project began in June.
The city posts updates on its Jayhawk Watershed project page.
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