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Corgis improve everything.

project will go out to bid (as design-build) this fall and should start construction next year, in coordination with streetcar.

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It's going out for design - build, so I guess that would involve a re-design. I hope El Dorado gets it again!!

The concept could remain the same. Design in this case may be talking about things like storm & sanitary sewer design, street & sidewalk grading, utility work and other nitty-gritty details that aren't necessary to flesh out the aesthetic concept.

the project website is being updated again: http://20thstreetkc.com/

project should be out to bid for construction soon, with work beginning by summer in coordination with downtown streetcar. due to the massive amount of water infrastructure east of grand, the phase 1 project will stop just shy of grand (leaving sw blvd to walnut as the completed first phase).

Good news, I guess? Seems to be getting delayed with regularity. I'm really looking forward to this; it will make my multiple daily dashes across 20th St. much safer and more enjoyable.

Side note - Drivers FLY down 20th with little regard for pedestrians. Lately, the KCPD has set up multiple speed traps. They're pulling someone over every few minutes between Main and Wyandotte.

bids are due oct. 28. doesn't look like we'll make this construction season.

demolition of the "walnut flyover" -- initially conceived for the 20th street project, then expedited for the new hotel at 20th & main -- is out to bid.

The flyover was almost completely demolished as of this afternoon.

swid wrote:The flyover was almost completely demolished as of this afternoon.

That was quick. I was there two weekends ago and it was all there

Can confirm. I'd say about 20' of it remains, if that.

From the KC Star today: Kansas City Council considers how to spend streetcar planning funds

Assistant City Manager Pat Klein said those projects include nearly $2 million for a new roof for Bartle Hall; $2.23 million for a tornado shelter and gym at Garrison Community Center, a project that is also getting federal funds; and about $800,000 for streetscape improvements along 20th Street from Southwest Boulevard to McGee Street. It makes sense, he said, to do that work while 20th Street is already torn up for the downtown streetcar route.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/governme ... rylink=cpy

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Interesting news in that blurb about Garrison Community Center - $2M would build a heck of a gym.

Might be a nice addition for Columbus Park and Northeast residents?

I think there was a lot of expensive sewer work that would have to be done east of McGee, which is why the current project stop there.

Eon Blue wrote:I think there was a lot of expensive sewer work that would have to be done east of McGee, which is why the current project stop there.

Confirmed.

Bids for the work came back higher than predicted so this additional money would fill the gap.

Found this blog post dated 12/31/14 on el Dorado's website that provides a pretty in-depth look at what is coming to 20th street.

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