Month: November 2015

An injury-accident was reported at 7:28 p.m. Nov. 13 on K-32 eastbound at 72nd Street in Kansas City, Kan.

A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report stated that two vehicles, a Honda Civic and a Ford 500, were eastbound on K-32, side by side, at a high rate of speed.

A Chevrolet Silverado pulling a trailer was westbound on K-32 and began to make a left turn at 72nd Street in front of the Honda Civic and Ford 500, the report stated.

The Honda Civic then struck the passenger side of the Silverado, and the Ford 500 struck the trailer of the Silverado, the trooper’s report said.

A 22-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man driving the Honda Civic had a possible injury and was taken to the hospital, according to the trooper’s report.

Another driver, a 29-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, driving the Silverado, also had a possible injury, according to the trooper’s report.

A third driver, a 23-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman, driving the Ford 500, was injured in the collision, according to the report. A 2-year-old boy in the vehicle was not injured, and was safely secured in a child safety seat.

Westbound I-70 from west of 18th Street Expressway to I-635 – Park Drive exit will be reduced to one open lane for pavement marking work beginning at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14.

The three lanes will fully reopen by 8 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, weather permitting, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

Once the pavement marking work is completed, westbound I-70 from 18th Street Expressway to I-635-Park Drive will be reopened to three lanes of traffic and the 38th Street-Park Drive-Kaw Drive to westbound I-70 ramp will be reopened to all traffic.

Once these lanes and ramp reopen, the only remaining closure on this project is the eastbound I-70 over Quarry Road bridge lane closures. This is the last remaining portion of the bridge project work underway and eastbound I-70 over the Quarry Road bridge is scheduled to reopen sometime late next week, Nov. 16-20, weather permitting.

Project construction information, including general phasing, traffic impacts and marked detour route maps can be viewed at: I-70 over Kaw Drive Multi-Bridge Construction Project Handout. Updated daily traffic information for this reconstruction project and for the entire Kansas metro area can be viewed online at: www.ksdot.org/kcmetro/laneclose.asp.

Motorists are asked to slow down in the work zones, obey the warning signs and be alert, a KDOT spokesman said.

Project work is scheduled to be completed in December 2015, weather permitting.