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The City of Lee’s Summit will hold a snow dry run from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today, Wed., Nov. 9, to allow crews to prepare for the upcoming 2022-2023 winter weather season.

City crews will be testing equipment and software, and driving snow routes with plows and salt spreaders installed on trucks. The purpose of the dry run is to ensure all equipment and software is working properly and that drivers are familiar with snow routes, which is critical to the City’s snow and ice control operations. The annual snow dry run was scheduled in advance and is not in response to any forecast. READ MORE -->

 

Preparations began this week for curb replacement on a section of NW Chipman Road from U.S. Route 50 to the railroad bridge just east of NW Donovan Road. Curb removal is expected to start on Mon., Nov. 7, with pours and restoration to follow as well as sidewalk ramp replacement in several locations. The work is expected to take approximately three weeks, weather permitting. While there will be lane closures during this work, both eastbound and westbound NW Chipman Road will be open to through traffic; however, some delays can be expected. Detailed curb replacement maps for this area can be found on the City’s website (pages 10-13): https://cityofls.net/Portals/0/Files/Public-Works/CIP/FY23%20Curb%20Repair%20Maps.pdf?ver=vmCDuRX0gdJ4XPW9l-WTqA%3d%3d

Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 6, at 2 a.m. So as we set our clocks back, take the time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Also, check the date on your smoke alarms to ensure they are not more than ten years old, and replace them if they are. Smoke alarms save lives, but only if they work! You can also use the extra hour to make or practice your escape plan!

The City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Public Works Department in accordance with National Flood Insurance Program regulation 65.7(b)(1), hereby gives notice of the City of Lee’s Summit’s intent to revise the flood hazard information, generally located upstream and downstream of SW Ward Road along Cedar Creek. The flood hazard revisions are being proposed as part of Letter of Map Revision (LOMR, Case No. 22-07-0797P) for a completed construction project along Cedar Creek. The City of Lee’s Summit has constructed improvements that replaced the culverts at the stream’s crossing with SW Ward Road. Specifically, the floodway shall be revised from a point approximately 1,000 feet downstream of SW Ward Road to a point approximately 1,500 feet upstream of SW Ward Road along Cedar Creek. As a result, the floodway widths shall narrow or remain unchanged within...