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After more than 10 months of work, Mission Hills has reopened 63rd Street to through traffic although bridge work will continue to cause challenges for drivers until Christmas. The well-traveled route between Northeast Johnson County and Kansas City had been...
Mission Road through Fairway is going to get bumpier before it's better as the city prepares for the final phase of a public works project that's been under way since early spring. Weather permitting, work crews will begin milling the...
A case before the Kansas Supreme Court presents one of the biggest unknowns that Mission faces in predicting its financial future and crafting a budget for 2017. That case involves the legality of the Transportation Utility Fee - often called...
Emergency repairs to a 24-inch wastewater main will slow traffic on Mission Road this weekend. Johnson County Wastewater crews are expected to need two to three days to complete the repair work on the damaged main near the intersection of...
Mission replaced the loss of nearly $800,000 per year from its Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) with a property tax increase that raises approximately $833,000 per year for streets. But that switch won’t cover all of the city’s street program...
The Kansas Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal by the City of Mission of a Kansas Court of Appeals ruling that declared the city’s Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) or “driveway tax” illegal. The appeals court made its ruling...
Roeland Park’s 23.1 miles of residential roads are largely rated in fair condition with about an even split between those rated good or poor. The city heard an analysis of its road conditions and the cost to bring the backlog...
A preliminary look at results of a recent citizens satisfaction survey in Mission shows that street maintenance keeps popping up as a priority for residents. The answers to only a few questions were revealed as part of the budget discussion...
A Merriam street that marks its historic origins back to 1871 is about to get a makeover. The section of Farley Avenue that runs from 67th to 69th Street in Merriam is one of the most unusual streets in northeast...
The city of Prairie Village will again be soliciting construction bids for the project that would bring a long-overdue facelift to a deteriorating stretch of 75th Street after learning last month that its cost estimates for the project had...
The city of Prairie Village has spent the better part of a decade actively planning for a much-needed revamp of 75th Street between State Line and Mission, one of the city's most traveled, visible and decrepit stretches of road....
Construction work along 75th Street between State Line Road and Mission Road this summer will pave the way for a full revamp of the thoroughfare next summer. Prairie Village Public Works officials last week held an open house to solicit...