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Edgerton to raise sewer fees

April 30, 2012 By 4 Comments

Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Edgerton residents will see a hike in their sewer bills starting in June. The city council approved a sewer rate increase on April 23 based on a study by Springsted, Inc. Although Springsted recommended lowering the monthly service charge from $3.87 to $2.60, the user charge rate will increase from $3.87 for [...]

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Edgerton adds 2 full time city positions

April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com The Edgerton City Council approved the creation of two new full time positions — an administrative services director and a codes enforcement officer — on April 12. City Administrator Beth Linn said the new positions are necessary to prepare the city for growth expected to result from the intermodal logistics park. “One [...]

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County signs on to freight district study

March 29, 2012 By 8 Comments

Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com The Johnson County Commission has signed on with the cities of Gardner and Edgerton, the Mid-America Regional Council and the Kansas Department of Transportation in funding a study of the Southwest Johnson County Freight District. Commissioners approved the agreement as part of its consent agenda on March 22. The freight district study [...]

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Permits up metrowide, but Gardner planners don’t expect boom in 2012

March 28, 2012 By 2 Comments

Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com While area home builders are encouraged by housing starts to date in 2012, Gardner officials don’t anticipate booming growth in single family homes this year. Melissa Mundt, assistant city administrator, said planners are projecting issuing 35 building permits this year. “So down on the single family permits,” she said. “But we’re up [...]

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Officials break ground for new interchange

March 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
City, county and state officials break ground on the new Interchange planned for Interstate 35 and Homestead Lane. Staff photo by Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com A new interchange at Interstate 35 and Homestead Lane is one step closer to reality. Officials from the city of Edgerton, Johnson County and Kansas Department of Transportation gathered at the site of the future diverging diamond interchange to break ground on the project. The interchange will primarily serve the BNSF intermodal [...]

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City asked to participate in freight district study

March 17, 2012 By 3 Comments

Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com The Kansas Department of Transportation will ask the city of Gardner to sign on to a study to create a freight district in southwest Johnson County. Participating in the plan would cost the city 5.5 percent of the estimated $450,000 project, or no more than $25,000. Thomas Dow, a state transportation planner, [...]

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Groundbreaking for Homestead interchange

March 15, 2012 By 3 Comments

The I-35 and Homestead Lane Southwest Johnson County Interchange Project began construction in early March 2012 and is scheduled for completion in the Fall 2013. The Interchange project includes the construction of a new Diverging Diamond Interchange at I-35 and Homestead Lane to provide access to planned development within the area, including the new BNSF [...]

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Edgerton agrees to partner in Southwest JoCo freight district study

March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com The Edgerton City Council approved an agreement to participate in a study of the Southwest Johnson County Freight District on March 8. The proposed partnership includes the cities of Edgerton and Gardner, Johnson County, Mid America Regional Council (MARC) and the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). The freight district study will examine [...]

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Intermodal on track for 2013 grand opening

March 2, 2012 By 59 Comments
Intermodal concept

Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Southwest Johnson County Economic Development Corporation members took part in a  bus tour of the construction site following their quarterly luncheon meeting last September.. John Hovland, director of marketing and facility development, served as one of the tour guides. Hovland said the initial construction calls for 48,000 feet of track, 1,810 truck [...]

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Intermodal bids come in below estimates

February 9, 2012 By 5 Comments

Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Construction bids for road improvements serving the intermodal logistics park came in below estimates, Johnson County Commissioners were told Feb. 2. Hannes Zacharias, county manager, said bids were opened by the Kansas Department of Transportation on Jan. 19. The bids for the county’s share of improvements to 191st Street, Homestead Lane and [...]

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