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Archive for Friday, August 15, 2008
Traffic officials brace for first game-day blitz
Rex Fleming, project engineer for the Kansas Turnpike Authority, outlines construction work at the turnpike's West Lawrence interchange seven deadly sins game -- the one just past the Hallmark Cards plant along McDonald Drive -- and how the authority is planning to help people get on and off the turnpike on KU football game days.
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By Mark Fagan
August 15, 2008
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Construction crews tend to a bridgeless exit 202 on Friday nj fish and game in western Lawrence. In about two weeks, commuting KU football fans coming from Kansas City and fans headed back toward Topeka won’t be able to savage worlds game system use exits at the West Lawrence interchange to get to where they’re going.
Hundreds of motorists will need to call a game-day playstation game list audible as they enter and exit Lawrence for Kansas University’s season-opening football game, now just two weeks away.
And traffic officials will be posting electronic message boards, buying advertising on pregame radio shows and even stopping the apprentice game traffic on the way into town to be sure drivers understand that ongoing construction at a turnpike interchange likely will pc full game downloads force more than 3,000 detours Aug. 30, the day KU and Florida International take the field.
“It’s going to be a challenge,” said bachelorette party game ideas Capt. John Walters, of the Kansas Highway Patrol. “The first game will probably be a big learning experience.”
Walters was among 23 other officials — online game rentals representing law enforcement, traffic engineering, the Kansas Turnpike Authority and other operations — to huddle Friday morning in Lawrence to refine this season’s game plan for traffic, now that two free anime porn game ramps at the turnpike’s West Lawrence interchange are closed for construction. The interchange is at the north end of McDonald Drive, just past the Hallmark Cards production plant.
The interchange’s ramps are closed for traffic headed into town from the Kansas City area, and for traffic headed out of Lawrence toward Topeka, as crews replace a bridge that crosses the turnpike. The interchange’s other two ramps remain open.
For sound clips game shows last season’s opening game, more than 3,000 drivers came into town using the interchange, according Chuzzle Game By Hand to the turnpike authority. That means hundreds of drivers on the turnpike will need to find a different exit this season:
• Drivers coming to the game from the Kansas City area will be expected to use the East Lawrence interchange, which is exit 204 and empties into North Lawrence, leads toward downtown Lawrence and, eventually, Memorial Stadium. Such dress up game drivers then could choose leave town the same way, or opt for the West Lawrence interchange, which is exit 202.
• Drivers leaving the game, and headed game stop west toward Topeka, could choose to take Sixth Street to the South Lawrence Trafficway and connect with the turnpike at the Lecompton interchange, exit 197. Exit 204 also would be an option, but exit 202 free card game downloads — the one download digimon computer game that is classroom game up open to incoming traffic from Topeka — is closed to grocery game traffic headed back.
The turnpike authority’s postgame message for Topeka-bound drivers, who come into town at exit 202: “YOU CAN’T GO BACK THE WAY Atlanta Hawks Game News YOU CAME.” The message will be printed on hundreds of flyers, to be handed bart starr s final game out nintendo game codes Aug. free full game downloads 30 at the exit for typing game hours leading up to the game.
Even cars in the K-TAG lane will be stopped to get the written warning, and extra toll collectors and other personnel will be on duty to get the lord of the rings game word out.
“They’ll have their game face on and ready to help hewitt game walkthrough drivers who are frustrated,” said Lisa Callahan, who is coordinating the turnpike’s notification campaign.
Collectors also will have printed directions available for displaced drivers looking for guidance in getting to the stadium or familiar landmarks, such as hotels. Officials are working on plans to open up additional lanes at interchanges to accommodate shifting Illinois Game Bird traffic flows.
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Olin, Lawrence police chief, reminded everyone at the meeting that even the best preparations would not the game tron be able to eliminate the potential for frustration. Even with all interchanges open, he said, traffic has bloons game backed up so much for games against Nebraska that some fans couldn’t make it into Memorial Stadium until halftime.
“Everybody knows what the problem is,” he giants game said. “The stadium’s in the middle of a residential area.”
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15 August 2008 at 3:23 p.m.
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Bladerunner (Anonymous) says…
Avoid Flood It The Game traffic. Come a few days early.
15 August 2008 at 3:28 p.m.
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kong (Anonymous) says…
That's what she said.
15 August 2008 at 3:59 p.m.
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mommaeffortx2 (Anonymous) says…
ugh game day traffic is back stay.
15 August 2008 at 4:01 p.m.
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15 August 2008 at 5:10 p.m.
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15 August 2008 at 5:59 p.m.
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16 August 2008 at 3:24 a.m.
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16 August 2008 at 12:18 p.m.
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16 August 2008 at 1:54 p.m.
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JayCat_67 (Anonymous) says…
“I swear the football drivers are worse than basketball.”
Not really, there's just over 3X as many of them. bcs championship game time (appx timeline game 15K seats in AFH, appx 50K seats in Memorial Stadium)
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