As part of the City’s Major Roadway Resurfacing Project, significant portions of National Avenue and Battlefield Road began being repaved starting in May. Motorists should expect delays along these roadways through July and may want to consider alternate routes until the work is complete.
Approved by voters in 2019, the Major Roadway Resurfacing Project includes the repaving of National Avenue (between Kearney and Sunset streets) and Battlefield Road (between Kansas Expressway and Glenstone Avenue). The project also includes the resurfacing of Sunshine Street between Glenstone Avenue and Kansas Expressway, completed in fall of 2021.
“We expect this project will operate similarly to the resurfacing of Sunshine last fall,” explains project manager Angela Nelson. “This is a mobile operation that moves along relatively quickly as long as weather and other factors allow. We expect both roadways to be complete in July.”
Contractor Blevins Asphalt plans to begin by milling and resurfacing side roads where they intersect with National Avenue. Crews will then lay asphalt in the center turn-lane first, followed by outside driving lanes, then the inside passing lanes. Once resurfacing on National Avenue is complete, the contractor will move on to Battlefield Road and proceed in a similar pattern.
“Citizens may notice small sections of the roadways that are being skipped,” says Nelson. “These stretches have either recently been resurfaced or are planned for improvements in the coming years.”
Daily work is expected to begin during nighttime hours and extend into the morning, generally operating Sunday through Thursday. Motorists can expect at least one lane in each direction to be open at all times, but traffic delays along these routes should be expected. Please obey all posted signage and use caution while traveling through the work zone.
The project is funded through federal Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funds and the ¼-cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax. The total cost of the Major Roadway Resurfacing project is $2.9 million.