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City seeks consultants for North Lawrence comprehensive corridor study to guide land use, stormwater and economic choices
Summary
Staff presented a scope for a comprehensive corridor study for North Lawrence covering transportation, land use, stormwater, economic feasibility and implementation sequencing. The study is intended for RFP release in coming weeks and is budgeted across fiscal years with an estimated 18-month timeline.
The Lawrence City Commission heard a detailed scope and timeline for a proposed North Lawrence comprehensive corridor study at its Feb. 4 meeting.
Melissa Seben, director of municipal services and operations, and Jeff Crick of Planning and Development Services presented the proposed scope and anticipated deliverables for a corridor study that staff said has not been conducted comprehensively since the late 1970s and early 1980s. "The last time North Lawrence or the corridor was studied, as best as we can tell, was sometime in the late seventies and early eighties," Crick said, describing the study as a holistic look at land use, transportation, utilities, environmental considerations and economic feasibility.
Staff described the study as including an engagement component to bring city, county and other partner agencies into the process; a review of existing studies and data (stormwater, wastewater, airport master…
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