Public Works News

The City’s crews completed snow operations mid-morning today, Sunday, Nov. 26. Crews worked overnight into mid-morning treating primary and secondary streets with salt. Melting due to warming pavement temperatures and sun will continue throughout the day. Drivers should watch for areas of refreezing overnight and especially during the Monday morning commute.

The City has a small crew working tonight treating primary and secondary streets. Temperatures will hover around freezing which may cause slick conditions. Drivers should use caution, especially on elevated surfaces such as bridges and overpasses. The City will continue to monitor the weather forecast and will update its response as needed.

As of 12/21/23, this section of NW Ward Road is now open.

The southbound section of NW Ward Road between NW Donovan Road and NW Chipman Road is closed until approximately Dec. 1, weather permitting. The southbound detour is NW Donovan Road. The closure is for the addition of turn lanes and other improvements. This is development-related construction work by a private contractor.

The City of Lee’s Summit will host an in-person public meeting to discuss the design for the Ward Road Improvements project from Blue Parkway to O’Brien Road from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, in the Strother Conference Room at Lee’s Summit City Hall, 220 SE Green Street Lee’s Summit, Mo. The meeting will be an open house-style format and there will not be a formal presentation; the public can come and go as schedules allow. Project plans and exhibits prepared by the City’s design consultant Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc. will be available to view, and attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the project and offer comments.

Update: As of 12/21/23, 3rd Street is now open to through traffic. Construction work will be be ongoing over the next several months that will require the contractor to have a single lane drop on westbound 3^rd Street (just east of Murray) during working hours, but a minimum of one lane of traffic will be kept open at all times.  No further complete closures are anticipated.

A section of SW 3^rd Street from SW Pryor Road to SW Ward Road is set to close to through traffic on Mon., Nov. 27, and will remain closed for approximately thirty days, weather permitting. A hard closure of SW 3^rd Street will be located just east of SW Murray Road. The closure is necessary for sanitary sewer work under SW 3^rd Street as part of the McClendon Ditch improvements project.