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DOWNTOWN KC STREETCAR NIGHT WORK PLANNED TO START THIS SUNDAY
KC Streetcar track slab joint sealing to start this Sunday night and last for approximately 5-8 weeks
(Kansas City, Missouri) – Property owners, businesses, and residents can expect night construction along the downtown streetcar route starting this week. This work is preventative and intended to prolong the life of the KC Streetcar track slab.
Overnight work is anticipated to start Sunday, February 26 at 10:00 p.m. with construction crews working near 20th Street and proceeding north on Main Street performing necessary track slab repairs. Work will be performed Sunday through Thursday nights, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. All work is weather dependent. Work will begin prior to service concluding for the evening but will not impact Streetcar operations. Streetcars will be flagged through the construction zones between the hours of 10:00 p.m. – midnight.
The work will generally move from the south to the north, beginning south of 20th Street and concluding at Independence Avenue. Work will include two main phases:
- Track slab preparatory work from late February through March
- Track slab joint sealing anticipated to start in early April
Nightly road closures will be in effect Sunday through Thursday, 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and traffic control will be picked up and return to regular traffic before morning streetcar service.
For KC Streetcar media questions, please contact Donna Mandelbaum with the KC Streetcar Authority at 816.627.2526 (office), 816.877.3219 (cell) or email at dmandelbaum@kcstreetcar.org. The KC Streetcar is also online at www.kcstreetcar.org and on Twitter (@kcstreetcar), Facebook (@kcstreetcar) and Instagram.
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