Several projects around Emporia are either near completion, in the process of completion, or will begin in the next month.

The $4.3 million Lincoln Street Bridge replacement project is set to complete and open next week. Aided in part by the Kansas Department of Transportation, the project was approved for replacement in December 2023 and began in early 2024. The project completion will open up. the portion of Lincoln Street under I-35.

According to Jim Ubert, City of Emporia Engineer, the Southeast Transmission Main Waterline improvements are 20% to 25% complete. The project began in June and seeks to install more than 24,000 linear feet of new 4-inch to 20-inch water mainlines, along with 223 new service lines.

Construction is expected to continue into Fall 2026, weather permitting.

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