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Friday, August 17, 2012

Erie Street to Reopen Monday

South DePeyster Street will close for road work also on Monday

After weeks of construction, city officials announced this afternoon that Erie Street will reopen to traffic starting Monday. The road, which was rebuilt and reconfigured as part of the downtown redevelopment work, will be open again from South Water Street to South DePeyster Street. "There’s still finish work to be done, but we want to get the road open again to traffic and the parking open so people can get to the businesses," Kent City Engineer Jim Bowling said. The catch is that South DePeyster Street will close between Erie Street and East Main Street starting Monday so it can be repaved as part of the downtown work. Motorists will be able to park on Erie Street west of where Acorn Alley crosses the roadway. Because South DePeyster …

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Haymaker Lane to Close for Downtown Construction

Starting May 10 one of the parkway's 5 lanes will be closed

Yet another construction street closure is coming to downtown Kent. This time it will be one of downtown's busiest streets. One lane of Haymaker Parkway will close for several months starting Thursday in order to give construction contractors some staging room for work on the new hotel and transit center downtown. The westbound curb lane of Haymaker Parkway will close between Willow and South Water streets starting Thursday. The lane closure is expected to last through November. On average, 11,940 cars drive on that section of Haymaker Parkway daily, according to 2007 AMATS traffic data. Aside from construction staging, the lane of Haymaker Parkway is also being used as a parking area for construction workers to lessen the effect of …

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