Month: November 2016

UG committees to meet tonight to consider ordinance changes, other issues

Unified Government standing committees are scheduled to meet tonight at City Hall, fifth floor, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan., to consider ordinance changes and other issues.

The UG Public Works and Safety Committee will meet at 5 p.m. to consider:

• Proposed revisions to the county emergency operations.
• An ordinance amending the traffic code.
• An ordinance amending the Municipal Court code.
• An ordinance amending provisions and offenses concerning alcoholic beverages.
• A resolution adopting a policy on naming UG buildings and parks.
• A presentation on major infrastructure projects for 2018-2021.
• A discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of the public works department.
• An appearance by the president of Argentine Heights t on a petition requesting that Steele Road be paved from 18th Street to 34th Street.

The UG Administration and Human Services Committee will meet at 6 p.m. to consider:
• A grant application to the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City for a breast health patient navigator to help eliminate barriers to cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment and care with an emphasis on African-American women.
• A software package that tracks open records requests.
• Presentation on open data governance administrative policy.
• An ordinance about the dissolution of the Alcohol and Drug Committee.
• An update on Community Development programs.
• An appearance by William “Bill” Moore about taxes and other topics.

Lottery winner from north central Kansas

A resident of north central Kansas won $25,000 in the Holiday Millionaire Raffle early bird drawing Sunday.

The raffle is sponsored by the Kansas Lottery.

In all, 11 early bird drawings were held for the raffle, with only two of the tickets remaining unclaimed, according to a lottery spokesman.

The two unclaimed tickets included the one from Sunday, as well as a Nov. 10 drawing. The Nov. 10 drawing winner, from northeast Kansas, won $10,000, and that winning raffle number is 080834.

A lottery spokesman said all tickets that won the early bird drawings, along with the nonwinners, are eligible to win cash prizes in the grand prize drawing Jan. 3, 2017. The grand prize winner will receive $1 million.

The Holiday Millionaire Raffle has a 200,000 limit on the number of tickets sold. Less than 38,000 tickets are left, according to the lottery.

110th Street to K-7 ramp detour planned for I-70

A ramp from 110th Street to westbound I-70 will be closed for pavement reconstruction beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, through the summer of 2017, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

Traffic will detour on 110th Street to eastbound I-70 to the northbound I-435 ramp exit, then immediately take the northbound I-435 to westbound I-70 ramp to access westbound I-70, according to a Kansas Department of Transportation spokesman.

The westbound I-70 to northbound K-7 ramp will be closed for ramp reconstruction work around the clock beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, through the summer of 2017, the KDOT spokesman stated.

Traffic will detour on the newer westbound I-70 to northbound and southbound K-7 ramp located west of K-7 to access northbound K-7, according to the KDOT spokesman.

Westbound I-70 from K-7 to 110th Street will be reduced to two open lanes and moved from its current location onto new pavement for continued pavement construction widening work beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, through the summer of 2017, KDOT stated.

There will be a lane width restriction of 28-foot total and a 60 mph posted speed limit through the work zone, according to KDOT. Traffic will be directed through the work zone via a concrete barrier along the center median only.

Eastbound I-70 from K-7 to 110th Street will be reduced to two open lanes for pavement construction work beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, through the summer of 2017, KDOT stated.

There will be no lane width restriction and a 60 mph posted speed limit through the work zone on eastbound I-70, KDOT stated. Traffic will be directed through the work zone through a concrete barrier along both the center median and outside shoulder.

Updated traffic information for this project and the Kansas City area may be viewed online at www.ksdot.org/kcmetro/laneclose.asp.