Public Works News

The City of Lee’s Summit is holding a snow event dry run from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, November 4, to prepare for the upcoming 2026-2027 winter weather season. This exercise is an important part of the City’s annual preparation and helps ensure crews are ready to respond when winter weather arrives. City crews will be testing equipment and software, and driving snow routes with plows and salt spreaders installed on trucks. The purpose is...

Sections of NE Orchard Hill Drive, NE Apple Grove Drive and NE Piedmont Drive in the Orchard Woods subdivision between NE Lakewood Way and NE Georgian Drive are set to close on Monday, November 2.

Update: This closure is likely to occur in the afternoon on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
The intersection of SW River Run Drive and SW Pryor Road is expected to close during the week of Oct. 26, until approximately the end of November. During this closure, school traffic will temporarily use the new SW 26^th Terrace connection east of SW Pryor Road to access SW River Run Drive and the school.

A section of NE Main Street between NE Forest Avenue and NE Orchard Street will close daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, through Thursday, Oct. 22. The work is for water and sewer tie-ins. The detour route includes NE Forest Avenue, NE Douglas Street, and NE Orchard Street.

Utility work will require daily closures in the alley running behind SE Main and SE Douglas streets from SE 4^th to SE 5^th streets. Work is scheduled to take place weekdays between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., and is permitted from today, Thursday, October 15, through Friday, October 30.