Public Works News

Detour and closure changes are expected as construction continues along Ward Road from County Line Road to 163rd Street. ​ The intersection of SW County Line Road and SW Ward Road is now open, and the detour route for Ward Road is Gore Road, Prairie Lane, and County Line Road.   The intersection of SW Raintree Parkway and Ward Road is set to close on Monday, June 24, weather permitting, and will remain closed until Sept. 2019. Residents along SW...

The intersection of SW County Line Road and SW Ward Road is set to close on Monday, May 13, and will remain closed for 4-6 weeks. This extends the previous closure of SW Ward Road to just north of its intersection with SW County Line Road to 160th Street. The new detour route for this closure is 163rd Street, M-291 Highway and M-150 Highway. For more information, contact the City’s Public Works Department at 969-1800 or publicworks@cityofls.net.

A section of NE Douglas Street near the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport is set to close on Monday, May 13, and will remain closed for 3-5 days. Traffic for the Airport will be detoured through the parking lot of Hangar 1 at 2525 NE Douglas St., and then across the approach end of Runway 11. If air traffic is in the pattern, an escort will be required.

The intersection of NW Commerce Drive and NW Main Street is closed and local access only is allowed on both NW Commerce Drive and NW Main Street until early Aug. 2019. Detour routes include NW Ward Road, NE Tudor Road, NE Douglas Street and NW Chipman Road.

 

Northbound NW Ward Road at NW Chipman Road and southbound NW Ward Road at NW Chipman Road will close this evening, April 23, due to extensive damage and loss of power to the signaled intersection at NW Chipman and NW Ward roads.