Engineering
Bridge Installation over Gypsum Creek The Public Works Engineering division is responsible for planning, designing, administering, inspecting and overseeing the construction for freeways, bridges, streets, traffic signals, sewers, water mains, storm drains, drainage channels, park, and railway projects, including privately funded projects for public use. Activities include project preplanning, development and initiation, design oversight and review, right-of-way and utility coordination, estimating, contract administration, project financing, and engineering advice for the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and other City departments. The division issues permits for utility street cuts, driveway and sidewalk construction, and performs inspections of contractors’ work on public right of way. The division administers the street lighting system and investigates traffic concerns. In 2009 and the first half of 2010, construction contracts were awarded for approximately $75 million for major reconstruction projects as well as streets, sewers, water lines, and other public improvements for newly developed areas of the city. Some of the major projects under construction in 2010 being administerred by the Engineering Division include: Greenwich, Harry to Kellogg Harry, Greenwich to 127th St E 21st, Broadway to Waco 13th & Mosley Intersection Meridian, 47th to 31st St S In 2009, over $33 million in federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) were used to finance six projects, which will be under construction in 2010: 47th, I-135 to Broadway, incl. the 47th & I-135 Interchange Hydraulic, Kellogg to Harry Maize, Pawnee to Kellogg Hillside, 9th to 12th Washington, 1st to Central Broadway, Central to 12th Future projects are also in the works. In 2010, 16 design contracts will be executed for arterial street, bridge, and traffic signal projects for approximately $2.5 million. This list includes: 21st & Maize Intersection Amidon, 21st to 29th Market, Dewey to Douglas Tyler, 21st to 29th Looking further ahead, the 2009-2018 CIP includes projects to improve: 13th Street, I-135 to Oliver Central, 119th to 135th West Lincoln St Bridge & Dam I-235 Floodway Crossing near 13th St N And many others Public Hearings
Bridge Installation over Gypsum Creek
The Public Works Engineering division is responsible for planning, designing, administering, inspecting and overseeing the construction for freeways, bridges, streets, traffic signals, sewers, water mains, storm drains, drainage channels, park, and railway projects, including privately funded projects for public use.
Activities include project preplanning, development and initiation, design oversight and review, right-of-way and utility coordination, estimating, contract administration, project financing, and engineering advice for the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and other City departments.
The division issues permits for utility street cuts, driveway and sidewalk construction, and performs inspections of contractors’ work on public right of way. The division administers the street lighting system and investigates traffic concerns.
In 2009 and the first half of 2010, construction contracts were awarded for approximately $75 million for major reconstruction projects as well as streets, sewers, water lines, and other public improvements for newly developed areas of the city. Some of the major projects under construction in 2010 being administerred by the Engineering Division include:
In 2009, over $33 million in federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) were used to finance six projects, which will be under construction in 2010:
Future projects are also in the works. In 2010, 16 design contracts will be executed for arterial street, bridge, and traffic signal projects for approximately $2.5 million. This list includes:
Looking further ahead, the 2009-2018 CIP includes projects to improve:
Public Hearings
Public Works-Engineering schedules public hearings for:
Project Hearings are held at regular District Advisory Board and City Council meetings as well as at special neighborhood meetings and informal Special Assessment meetings.
Capital Improvement Program
The Capital Improvement Program is a compilation of the City’s infrastructure needs and projection of construction for the next ten years. Published copies of the book are available for FREE on the City's main webpage, www.wichita.gov.
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Public Works & Utilities Engineering Division City Hall, 7th Floor 455 N. MainWichita, Kansas 67202
Hours:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday - Friday
: (316) 268-4501 : (316) 268-4114
Jim Armour, P.E. City Engineer