I think the State has Adams Boulevard scheduled for a complete restoration. Can you give us an update or time schedule on this project?
Adams Boulevard, or Highway 60, is owned and maintained by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, not the City of Bartlesville. So ODOT plans could change without City staff necessarily being aware, but here’s what we know about it at this time:
“This project is currently planned for a February 2025 bid,” said City Director of Engineering Micah Siemers. “City staff are expected to attend a 60 percent plan review meeting with ODOT in early April, so they are coming along on the construction plans. If the project bids in February 2025, I would anticipate a spring or early summer construction start in 2025.”
Siemers also said ODOT has another project that has already been bid to replace the overpass at highways 60 and 75.
“They are holding off starting that until the Caney River bridge project is complete, so that project could start early summer of this year,” he said.
When are you doing that?
When is Highland Drive in Oak Park going to be resurfaced? It was approved in the 2020 General Obligation Bond Election. It’s really bad and needs to be done soon.
According to Director of Engineering Micah Siemers, the Highland Drive concrete panel with mill and overlay project is planned for the next issuance of the 2020 G.O. Bond, which should take place this fall.
“So, we won’t have funds until this fall, at the earliest, and then will have to get it designed,” he said. “So we’re likely looking at a summer 2024 construction.”
Hulah Lake watershed location
I’ve been watching the radar whenever rain comes into the area. (Water Utilities Director) Terry Lauritsen has mentioned how we really need rain in parts of Southeast Kansas to help with Hulah Lake. But exactly where? I’m curious to know what specific towns and little burgs need to get more rain to help us downstream.
According to Lauritsen, the town closest to the Hulah Lake watershed, or the area that feeds into and fills the lake, is Cedar Vale, Kan.