Waldron street work should be finished by June 13

A major section of the Waldron Street reconstruction, begun last July, should be completed by next Friday.

All that remains to be done, according to an update from the citys Engineering Department, is new asphalt paving of the outer lanes of 17th Avenue at Waldron, adding lane markings on Waldron, on the repaved portions of south hospital drive and on 17th and some final grading, erosion control maintenance and grass seeding.

The $1.1 million project involved reconfiguring Waldron between 17th and 23rd Avenues into three lanes with a center turn lane. About 2,000 vehicles a day make left turns off Waldron into various businesses, including Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, the Hutchinson Clinic and the Dialysis Center. A new road base was built, along with new curbs and gutters and an 8-foot-wide sidewalk on the east side of Waldron. A right turn lane from westbound 17th Avenue onto Waldron also was added.

The construction was done in several phases to maintain access to the medical facilities throughout the work.

This past week construction workers finished milling and paving Waldron from the south hospital drive to 17th as well as the center lanes of 17th between Waldron and K-61. They also installed a railing along the Waldron walkway over a drainage ditch just south of 23rd and completed electrical work at 17th.

On Friday, the only portion of Waldron still closed was between the south hospital drive and the entrance to the Dialysis Center.

According to the update by Senior Civil Engineer Michael Kramer, the outer lanes of 17th, which were milled this week, should be repaved on Monday. Pavement markings are scheduled to be added on Wednesday and all of Waldron is expected to be open to through traffic by the end of the week.

Design work for the final phase of the reconstruction of Waldron between 23rd and 30th Avenues has been completed, and work to relocate utility lines is underway. The city will solicit bids on the street construction in December, and that work is expected to begin during the 2015 construction season.

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Waldron street work should be finished by June 13