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Salina commission approves design work for 9th Street/Waterwell intersection after weeks of trucker pushback
Summary
The commission authorized the city manager to direct Kaw Valley Engineering to design recommended improvements at 9th Street and Waterwell Road (roundabout favored by staff), voting 4-1 after truckers and businesses raised safety and operational concerns about a roundabout and recommended signals instead.
The Salina City Commission on Dec. 8 authorized staff to have Kaw Valley Engineering design recommended improvements at the 9th Street and Waterwell Road intersection, moving the project toward construction-level design after an extended public debate over whether to build a roundabout or install traffic signals.
Kaw Valley engineers presented comparative data on traffic and truck volumes (25 trucks of 798 vehicles in peak hours) and engineersrecommend a single-lane roundabout in the CIP package. Staff emphasized the full CIP cost for corridor improvements is…
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