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Date Specific Information from KDOT -----
Kansas Department of Transportation Press Release - Resurfacing US-56 in Johnson County

Weather permitting, on Monday, June 30 , resurfacing work will begin on US-56 from the Douglas/Johnson County line east to the west Gardner city limits.  US-56 will be reduced to one lane during the resurfacing project.  Crews will work daily, Monday through Friday, during daylight hours.  For more information, please see the press release.

Kansas Department of Transportation Press Release - South Gardner Road and I-35 Bridge Repair Project

The Kansas Department of Transportation will be performing repair work on the bridge on South Gardner Road where it crosses I-35 from approximately June 26, 2008 to approximately mid-August, 2008.  One lane of traffic will be open at all times and traffic signals will be used to control and direct traffic throughout this time period.  There will be a weekend closure of the bridge in August 2008.  The approximate estimate for the weekend closure is Friday, August 15 at 7 P.M. to Monday, August 18 at 6 A.M.  This timeframe is subject to change depending upon the construction schedule and weather conditions throughout the project.  For more information, please see the press release.

General Transportation Information -----
City Council Approves Ordinance Regulating Idling and Compression Braking
During the spring of 2006, the City Council convened a group of citizens and business owners to study the potential impacts of the KC Logistics Hub project.  The committee issued a report to the Council in July 2006, which contained a variety of recommendations.  In May 2008, the City Council approved two new ordinances that addressed some of the recommendations.  The first was an anti-idling ordinance prohibiting idling for longer than ten minutes in a variety of areas of the community, Ordinance No. 2269.  Gardner was the first City in the metropolitan area to pass such an anti-idling regulation.  In 2007, the Kansas City Metropolitan Area was cited as a non-attainment area US Environmental Protection Agency.  The State of Kansas will be required to address air quality and enforcement issues starting in 2009.  The City of Gardner has passed its ordinance to address the concern of not only the Intermodal Review Committee, but also the air quality issues in the Kansas City Region.  In addition, the City will partner with major commercial and industrial business to encourage and enforce limited idling.  Exceptions to the anti-idling ordinance include residential areas, stopped traffic, extreme weather, emergency vehicles, public transit, and buses. The second ordinance, Ordinance No. 2270, approved in May 2008, regulates the use of compression braking by trucks, limiting its use to only emergency situations.