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Olathe Planning Commission approves Kwik Trip redevelopment amid traffic concerns
Summary
The Olathe Planning Commission approved PR 20423 to redevelop the former Red Lobster site into a Kwik Trip. Commissioners raised concerns about eastbound traffic flow at 119th Street and Black Bob; staff recommended monitoring signal timing and noted a discrepancy in pump counts between drawings and the staff report.
The Olathe Planning Commission approved PR 20423, a proposal to redevelop the former Red Lobster site near 119th Street and Black Bob into a Kwik Trip, after a discussion about traffic flow and signal timing.
Commissioner Creighton, Planning Commissioner, said he welcomed the redevelopment but warned that "when you leave that location, if you wanna go back eastbound...to get to the light, which is near the Freddy's Hamburgers, which is notoriously 1 of the longest lights in Olathe, I think, if you're trying to get out of there, You've got to wind through the neighboring businesses in the parking lots, and I was concerned about safety." He asked staff to…
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