The revenue from the 1/8 cent sales tax is used to fund a thoroughfare street improvement program, which will widen thoroughfares and enhance traffic management systems and traffic flow on these main corridors in the city.
Constructing two-lane unimproved thoroughfares to the city’s four-lane standard and widening existing four-lane thoroughfares to six lanes relieves traffic congestion and improves safety.
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Before Improvements: 151st Street, Quivira to Antioch |
After Improvements: 151st Street, Quivira to Antioch |
Thoroughfares Improved
Between 1999 and 2009, 22 miles of thoroughfares will have been improved using 1/8 cent sales tax money. Another eight miles is proposed for improvements between 2010 and 2013.
Below are the many thoroughfares that were improved and/or are scheduled to receive improvements using existing sales tax revenues. Projects are listed by the year of construction:
2000-01 | 2002-03 | 2004-05 | 2006-07 | 2008-09 | 2010-11 | 2012-13
2000
Metcalf Avenue: 135th to 151st
Nall Avenue: I-435 to 119th
119th Street: Lowell to Nall
2001
Metcalf Avenue: 86th to 103rd
2002
119th Street: Lowell to Nall
2003
Metcalf Avenue: College to 123rd
2004
87th Street: Quivira to Goddard
143rd Street: Antioch to Switzer
2005
Nall Avenue: 135th to 143rd
2006
151st Street: Antioch to Quivira
Switzer Road: 135th to 143rd
2007
Nall Avene: 143rd to 151st
143rd Street: Antioch to Metcalf
Metcalf Avenue: 99th to 103rd
2008
119th Street: Rosana Square to U.S. 69
Antioch Road: 151st to 167th
2009
College Boulevard: U.S. 69 to Pflumm
2010
Antioch Road: I-435 to 119th Street
2011
143rd Street: Pflumm to Quivira
159th Street: Quivira to Antioch
2012
Quivira Road: College to 119th
Switzer Road: 151st to 159th
2013
Quivira Road: 151st to 159th