KDOT hosting meetings to discuss 69 Highway noise walls

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — People living along U.S. 69 in Overland Park, Kansas, can participate in a series of virtual meetings this week with the Kansas Department of Transportation to learn more about the agency’s proposal to build 14 noise walls along a roughly 10-mile stretch of the highway where KDOT will add express toll lanes.

Meetings Monday addressed walls north of 135th Street. Tuesday’s meeting at 4:30 p.m. will address walls on the east side of the highway, south of 135th Street. Wednesday at 5 p.m., KDOT will discuss walls on the west side of the highway, south of 135th Street. Meetings at 5 p.m. Thursday and 11:30 a.m. Friday are all-inclusive.

Details on how to attend one of the virtual meetings are available on KDOT’s website dedicated to the project.

KDOT has…