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Spirit Electronics, Sedgwick County approve pedestrian signals on South Oliver Street
Summary
The Sedgwick County Commission approved a cost-share agreement with Spirit to install two pedestrian crosswalks with traffic signals (including a HAWK signal) on South Oliver Street to improve safety for employees and others crossing the busy corridor near Spirit’s Wichita campus.
The Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners approved a cost-share agreement with Spirit to install two pedestrian crosswalks with traffic signals on South Oliver Street near Spirit’s Wichita manufacturing campus.
The agreement, included in the consent agenda as items O and P, was discussed at the commission meeting Aug. 6. Adam Pogue, vice president for manufacturing services at Spirit, told the commission the project would create “two pedestrian crosswalks with traffic signals on South Oliver Street between the central part of our campus and our east parking lots” and that Spirit is “more than committed to the proposed cost share associated with the outline in the agreement.”
Commissioners and county staff described a lengthy, collaborative planning process. Commissioner Howe noted the project grew out of about a year-and-a-half of meetings with county staff, Spirit representatives and traffic engineers and called the result “a great solution on the table.” Howe described the signal type as a HAWK signal — a crosswalk signal that is normally dark and activates for pedestrians — and said the project had been accelerated from the county’s 2026–2030 CIP to address current safety needs.
County staff said the work is intended to reduce jaywalking and improve vehicular traffic flow as employee volumes increase around Spirit’s 12-million-square-foot campus. Commissioners emphasized the partnership element: the company agreed to cost sharing, and county public-works staff and Spirit traffic engineers worked together on the design. Commissioner Beatty and others thanked Spirit for investing in employee safety.
The commission voted to approve the consent agenda that included the agreement; the roll call showed unanimous approval.
The county will move forward with contract execution and construction planning. The transcript did not specify a construction start date, exact cost-share totals, or the technical design documents; those items were described as part of the agreement outline and will be handled in project implementation.
