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Shawnee committee backs sending Johnson County UnitedLink World Cup transit proposal to full council
Summary
Deputy City Manager Colin Duffy outlined a Johnson County UnitedLink service for World Cup visitors that would connect Shawnee to regional hubs; staff asked the council to consider using transient guest tax (TGT) revenue or a 1% TGT increase to cover Shawnee’s estimated $52,651 share.
Deputy City Manager Colin Duffy told the Shawnee City Council committee on Jan. 26 that Johnson County is proposing a temporary UnitedLink circulator to serve visitors during the 2026 World Cup and asked the committee to provide feedback and a recommendation to place the item on the full council agenda.
Duffy said Visit KC projects roughly 650,000 unique visitors to the Kansas City area during the World Cup and described five transit options being planned, including a bidirectional Johnson County UnitedLink connecting Shawnee, Leawood, Lenexa, Merriam, Mission, Olathe and Overland Park. “We are just 135 days away from the first match,” Duffy said, urging preparation to avoid congestion.
The preliminary proposal would use 50, 35-passenger vans on three routes with 14 stops; the…
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