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Lawrence advisory group reviews 14 downtown candidate sites for transit hub
Summary
Advisory group members in Lawrence reviewed 29 suggested locations and narrowed a list to 14 scorable sites, citing safety, emergency access and private‑ownership constraints; staff asked members to submit ranked feedback by week’s end and will present a revised top‑5 at the next meeting.
Adam, the project facilitator, opened the advisory group meeting by saying the panel had completed the first two planning steps and was now evaluating actual candidate locations within a defined downtown boundary. "We got 146 unique survey participants, and they listed, 310 pins on the map," he told the group, and staff identified 29 suggested locations, of which 14 were judged scorable, 11 were disqualified and four remained pending outreach to private owners.
Why it matters: the group’s choices will guide which 3–5 sites the City Commission considers for concept development and for any Federal Transit Administration (FTA) environmental review. Adam said staff is talking with FTA to learn how many sites the agency will include in NEPA review, but that guidance was not yet finalized.
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