FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 13, 2006
Hospital Hill street project begins April 17
Work will begin April 17 on the corridor improvement project for 22nd Street to 23rd Street in Kansas City's Hospital Hill neighborhood.
The project, which the City of Kansas City, Mo., Capital Improvements Management Office is coordinating for the Public Works Department, will realign the intersection of 22nd Street and Gillham and McGee roads, add traffic signals, widen the streets and add curbs on 22nd Street east to Bruce R. Watkins Parkway. The three-phase project is expected to be completed by August 2007.
Traffic control signs will be installed during phase one of the project during the week of April 17, with construction beginning April 24. The primary purpose of the three phases is to allow patient, employee and customer access to this busy area during construction. Detours will be clearly marked prior to construction.
The project phases are as follows:
Phase one construction will begin with the closure of 22nd Street in these three locations: between McGee Street and Gillham Road, between Charlotte Street and Holmes Road, and from Campbell Street to U.S. Highway 71. Access to those areas will be available via the intersecting north-south streets. This phase of construction is scheduled for completion in November.
Phase two construction will close 22nd Street from Gillham Road to Holmes Road and from Charlotte Street to Campbell Street. This phase will include the connection of 23rd Street to Gillham Road and is expected to be completed in March 2007.
Phase three will close 22nd Street from Holmes Road to Oak Street and is scheduled for completion by August 2007.
Regular updates on construction will be distributed via the downtown construction update e-mail messages. Interested parties may subscribe to this distribution list by visiting http://webfusion.kcmo.org/ColdFusionApps/listbot/. To learn more about this and other capital improvement projects, visit the Capital Improvements Management Office's Web site (www.kcmo.org/cimo).
