Northeast News
April 2, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Kansas City Streetcar Construction has completed 5,034 feet of track in the Crossroads Arts District.

According to a press release from KC Streetcar officials, additionally, crews are painting center lines, directional arrows, stop bars, and crosswalks along Main Street from Truman Road south to 20th Street, as well as Fifth Street between Delaware Street and Grand Boulevard in the River Market. Meghan Jansen, public information manager for KC Streetcar Constructors, said in the release that a majority of the streetcar work, to date, has been underground with the upgrading of water and sewer lines, installation of conduit, and movement of utilities.

“Construction is on schedule, and the public will continue to see larger, more visible areas of progress as we head into the summer,” Jansen said.

In addition to track work, progress continues along the 2.2 mile track. As of April 1, 2015:
− 59 percent of track has been fully constructed (12,906 track feet complete out of 21,771 total feet).
− 93 percent of water and sewer replacements and upgrades are complete.
− 67 percent of work on the Singleton Yard vehicle maintenance facility is complete.
− 75 percent of track construction in the River Market loop is complete.
− The first station stop is under construction on the west side of Main south of 16th Street.

For more information, contact the KC Streetcar office at info@kcstreetcar.org or 816-804-8882. Updates are also available on www.kcstreetcar.org , Twitter (@kcstreetcar) and Facebook (KC Streetcar).