Shawnee County to close Northwest Redwood Lane for 46th Street project
Shawnee County Public Works says Northwest Redwood Lane will close Wednesday, Aug. 5, between Northwest Kendall Drive and Country Club Park as work proceeds on the 46th Street project.
The announcement, reported Aug. 3, gives people who use the roadway segment advance notice of a construction-related restriction in the Topeka area. The closure is scheduled to begin two days after the announcement.
Affected roadway segment
The restriction applies to Northwest Redwood Lane from Northwest Kendall Drive to Country Club Park. The available report identifies those two points as the limits of the planned closure.
Shawnee County Public Works connected the closure to the 46th Street project. The report does not provide further details about the work planned during the closure.
Residents and other travelers who normally use that portion of Northwest Redwood Lane will need to account for the restriction beginning Aug. 5. The notice is a local transportation update for the Topeka area, rather than a notice of a citywide closure.
What the notice does not say
The available report does not state when Northwest Redwood Lane is expected to reopen. It also does not identify a signed detour or another route for travel around the closed segment.
No expected duration for this phase of construction was included in the information available. The report also does not establish the broader project schedule, project cost, traffic volume or whether other roads will be affected.
Those omissions mean the Aug. 5 start date is the only confirmed timing detail in the current notice. Travelers should not assume a particular route or a reopening schedule based on the announcement alone.
Next confirmed step
The next confirmed action is the scheduled closure on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Shawnee County Public Works had announced the planned closure on Monday, Aug. 3, according to the report.
For people traveling near Northwest Redwood Lane, the immediate change will be the loss of access through the segment between Northwest Kendall Drive and Country Club Park once the restriction begins. Additional information on access, routing or the duration of the closure was not included in the available report.
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