NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson City Manager Kendal Francis said Monday that the temporary sign designed to slow down traffic heading west toward Hutchinson before they get to the 30th and Lucille intersection has returned.
"The permanent signs are on the way," Francis said. "We are expecting them early to mid-March for delivery. I directed our team, when our temporary signs became available, I said, we need to go put those back up, kind of as a stopgap measure, until the permanent ones can arrive."
There is a study session for the Hutchinson City Council next month on the whole 30th and Lucille problem and how they want to solve it.
"Do we use a traffic light? What happens there?" Francis said. "That's going to take place Tuesday, March 7th at 5 p.m., there at City Hall. It's an open meeting. It will be just an informational meeting for city council to help them make a decision on how to best move forward."
With two new council members, they need background information before a final decision can be made.
"The early studies have said that a traffic light is not warranted there, at that intersection, but there are other alternatives," Francis said. "A roundabout, a four-way stop, doing nothing, those are all alternatives. It will come at a financial cost to have engineers look at that in a deeper sense."
Discussion on the comparison of those costs will be part of the March 7 meeting.
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