Big construction project planned for Huntoon Street

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The City of Topeka held a public meeting on Wednesday to discuss an upcoming reconstruction project for Huntoon Street.

The project, managed by construction company Bartlett and West, will cost an estimated $14 million and is set to begin in March 2027 and finish in November 2029.

The project aims to improve infrastructure along Huntoon Street by introducing a single lane with a shared-use path and on-street parking. The project is expected to mirror the work previously done on 12th Street.

“You do not need two driving lanes on Huntoon, but you do need something there,” Project Manager Jeff Lolley said. “A bike lane is another facility that we also can offer for folks that have a lot of interest in that throughout town.”

The Huntoon Street project will be executed in three phases, starting at Harrison Street and moving east to west and ending at Gage Street.

“We are going to do the heavy construction in three segments to try to get each segment done so we don’t have residents and other people that live along those areas under construction, inconvenienced, any longer than they have to be,” Topeka Public Works Director Steve Groen said.

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