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The roughly $200 million project will include a reconstructed interchange at I-35, new bridges, wider pavement, road realignments and extensions, new traffic signals, medians, sidewalks and other safety improvements.
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Kendrick Calfee
updated February 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
Work will focus on updating all traffic signals and street lighting; installing and replacing rectangular rapid flash beacons; constructing curb extensions; upgrading utilities; and creating additional bus shelters at the Kenmore Place stop.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026
The village also hopes for $6 million to improve safety at the accident-prone 94th Street and 159th Street intersection, $1 million to complete traffic signal optimization at 159th Street and LaGrange Road and to complete a traffic study of 159th Street from Will-Cook Road to Harlem Avenue.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Police responded to multiple crashes as traffic signals went dark.
—Tori Mason, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
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Kendrick Calfee
updated February 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
Work will focus on updating all traffic signals and street lighting; installing and replacing rectangular rapid flash beacons; constructing curb extensions; upgrading utilities; and creating additional bus shelters at the Kenmore Place stop.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026
The village also hopes for $6 million to improve safety at the accident-prone 94th Street and 159th Street intersection, $1 million to complete traffic signal optimization at 159th Street and LaGrange Road and to complete a traffic study of 159th Street from Will-Cook Road to Harlem Avenue.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Police responded to multiple crashes as traffic signals went dark.
—Tori Mason, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
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“Traffic signal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20signal. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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