Roadway
City of Merriam Leverages CARS Funding to Improve Major Arterial
Posted on Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, tagged in
Every year, the City of Merriam, Kansas works to improve existing roadway conditions, reduce future maintenance costs, and create ADA compliant facilities as part of the CARS Program. In 2020, they wanted to improve pavement, curb, and sidewalk along a highly traveled segment of Johnson Drive. They also needed to update the crossing at the […]
Prairie Village Connects Neighbors and Improves Quality of Life with Paving Program
Posted on Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, tagged in
The City of Prairie Village’s paving program was developed to maintain quality roadways for residents. It also creates more connectivity for pedestrians by adding sidewalks and preserves the integrity of local streets with stormwater run-off management. For the last 10 years, we have been partnering with the city on these neighborhood improvements as part of […]
City of Merriam Boosts Safety for Residents with 67th Street Improvements
Posted on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, tagged in
The pavement on 67th Street between Antioch and the Shawnee/Merriam border was in poor condition. The City of Merriam knew it needed to be repaired and saw an opportunity to increase safety for all users. To achieve their goals, they used a number of design strategies, including providing better access to local trails and businesses, […]
Roe Avenue Improvements Form Final Connection in Multi-Year Program
Posted on Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, tagged in
Prairie Village’s CARS program focuses on the rehabilitation of collector and arterial streets. For the last several years, we’ve worked together to improve segments of Roe Ave as part of this effort. For the 2019 project, the city decided to update the area between 63rd and 75th Streets. This aging stretch of roadway is adjacent […]
Concrete Roadways Offer Benefits to Overland Park Residents and the City
Posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, tagged in
Every year, the City of Overland Park, Kansas invests in their infrastructure through the Neighborhood Streets Reconstruction Program (NSRP). The initiative targets residential streets that have passed their useful life and are no longer responding to routine maintenance. After extensive evaluation, the City decided to reconstruct streets in this program with concrete pavement, because of […]
City of Olathe Increases Accessibility Around High School
Posted on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, Traffic, tagged in
The City of Olathe, KS was faced with aging infrastructure at a key intersection near Olathe South High School (OSHS). They needed to replace the existing traffic signal at 151st and Lennox and decided to make the area ADA compliant and add pedestrian crossings at the same time. Working closely with the city, our team […]
Moving Edgerton Forward
Posted on Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, tagged in
The City of Edgerton, Kansas is focused on moving their community forward through economic development. Over the years, they’ve done this through strategic partnerships and infrastructure investment. In 2018, Kubota, an international manufacturer, approached the city about expanding their warehouses. Based on the city’s projections, they knew the existing gravel roadways wouldn’t be sufficient. They […]
KU’s Simulator Collects Optical Data to Study Distracted Driving
Posted on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, tagged in
We recently hosted eight Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) roadway engineers at the University of Kansas’s (KU) Transportation Engineering Analysis Laboratory (TEAL). At the lab, grad students, under the direction of Dr. Alexandria Kondyli, use an in-house simulator to examine the human factors that impact driving. Current studies are focused on various aspects of distracted […]
Design-Build Project with Kansas City, MO Creates Safe Path for Local Kids
Posted on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, Stormwater, tagged in
Residents in Kansas City, Missouri were concerned about their children’s safety, as they walked to school. The sidewalk along Holmes was not complete, and in many cases, it was bordered by a deep storm drainage ditch. Residents; Jolie Justus, a council member; and Crestivew Elementary School worked together to secure funding for the project. Musselman […]
The City of Lee’s Summit Makes Ward Road Safer for All Users
Posted on Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 by Affinis CorpIn Roadway, tagged in
The City of Lee’s Summit wanted to improve Ward Road, an arterial on the southwest side of the city, to increase the safety for all users. Pedestrian access was incomplete, and it didn’t easily accommodate cyclists alongside vehicles. They asked our team to redesign the conversion of the two-lane ditch section road, using their standards. […]