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Council reviews dirt‑street paving policy; staff to solicit petitions and return with formal program
Summary
At a workshop, staff summarized the dirt‑streets paving program and petition process; council members debated lowering the resident-signature threshold (currently 80%) and asked staff to circulate surveys to property owners before a formal vote.
Wichita City Council received staff briefings March 25 on the city’s dirt‑street paving program and the petition process and directed staff to solicit property‑owner responses before returning the matter for formal action.
Paul Gunzelman of Public Works and Utilities said the city has “approximately 60 lane miles of dirt streets” and summarized the program that began after a 2022 council decision to fund paving near schools first and then in disadvantaged neighborhoods. He described the current petition rule: an 80% affirmative response…
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