Press Releases

The Southeast Green Street entrance into the Lee’s Summit City Hall parking lot and garage is expected to reopen this afternoon Thursday, Sept. 26, and will remain open through the weekend for the Oktoberfest event. The Southeast Green Street entrance will close again on Monday, Sept. 30, and access to the City Hall parking lot and garage will once again be from the alley off of Southeast Second Street until approximately the end of November.

Also beginning Monday, Sept. 30, a traffic shift will be in place for eastbound traffic on Southeast Second Street from Southeast Green Street to Southeast Grand Avenue.

 

 

A section of Southwest Market Street between Southwest First and Second streets is closed. Length of closure is unknown at this time but currently permitted through Nov. 8. The closure is necessary for installation of utilities and to restore the street. This work is development related for the Ellis Glen project.

 

A section of Northeast Hagan Road at Northeast Maguire Boulevard is set to close on Wednesday, September 25, for approximately three weeks. Northeast Maguire Boulevard is also closed to through traffic between Northeast Independence Avenue and Northeast Hagan Road. The closures are necessary for water main work associated with the Hangar 2 project at the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport. The detour routes include Northeast Jones Industrial Drive and Northeast Independence Avenue.

 

A section of Southeast Shenandoah Drive from Southeast Cumberland Drive to Southeast Ashton Drive is set to close on Monday, Sept. 23, for approximately one week. The detour route includes Southeast Cumberland Drive, Southeast Blue Parkway, and Southeast Battery Drive.

 

Residents of Lee’s Summit will be among the first in the state of Missouri to use new software to better connect with the citizens that they serve.  The Lee’s Summit Police Department is launching a new citizen satisfaction and feedback solution that uses text messaging to keep citizens informed and provide feedback after a non-life-threatening interaction with the department.  “In today’s on-demand society, we understand how important it is to keep citizens informed. Much like private companies use tools to send automatic text message notifications, updates and satisfaction surveys to their customers, the Lee’s Summit Police Department is now able to do the same,” said Chief Travis Forbes, “We expect that this new solution, PowerEngage, will drastically enhance communication with the citizens we serve every...