Building with
the future in mind
2022 Kansas
Water Environment Association Awards
- KWEA Safety Award
- Best Plant in Class 4 Award
George W. Burke Facility Safety Award
2022 American Council of Engineering Companies:
Kansas Chapter Award
Addressing our infrastructure needs remains a top priority for the city because we understand its role in attracting faster economic development, accommodating existing growth, and providing our residents with a higher quality of life. In 2022, we began work to address our wastewater needs through the expansion plans of the Kill Creek Resource Recovery Facility (wastewater treatment plant). We upgraded systems to improve the efficiency of our utility services. We also implemented many miles of road improvements through our Pavement Management Program, including road resurfacing, curb and gutter work, and ADA enhancements.
Kellen Headlee
Public Works Director
In the past year, Public Works continued to focus on connectivity to the greater Metro area through partnership with the Kansas Department of Transportation to begin improvements to US-56 and finalize plans for the Gardner Road/I-35 interchange replacement. We completed targeted projects in our arterial road network on 167th Street and Waverly Road and began planning future improvements on 167th Street through the initiation of a Preliminary Engineering Study. We utilized the Pavement Management Program and the Safe Routes to Schools program to renew several downtown streets to improve pedestrian access in various areas of the city, continuing to stretch our funds resourcefully to meet the community’s most critical transportation needs.
Gonzalo Garcia
Utility Director
The city continues to make an effort to upgrade its existing, aging infrastructure to foster economic development and keep the city moving while anticipating future needs. Specifically, in 2022, the Utility Department placed emphasis on improving the existing wastewater collection infrastructure in anticipation of the Kill Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility expansion planned for 2025. The department also upgraded the two gas turbine controls systems to increase reliability and capacity credits, purchased a site, and began the preliminary design for a new substation in anticipation of future growth in the southeast area. The city will continue to invest in improving its infrastructure system as it serves as the foundation on which it thrives.
Completed construction of the Waverly Road improvements project, including a multi-use path along 175th Street from Kill Creek Road to Waverly Road
Completed construction of the 167th Street, Center to Moonlight overlay project
Completed construction of the 167th Street, Kill Creek Road to Center Street project
Completed mill and overlay project on Elm Street and Park Street
Completed design of the Quail Meadows Trail project
Completed the 2022 Pavement Management Program
Provided traffic and stormwater reviews on all private development projects
Completed response to all electric outages within 43 minutes
Completed response to all water breaks within 32 minutes
Implemented Fat, Oil and Grease (FOG) Monitoring Program to save taxpayers money by reducing investigations and enforcement related to sewer backups and overflows.
Completed rehabilitation of 12,923 feet of sanitary sewer pipe as part of the annual Inflow and Infiltration Program
Extended utilities (electric, water and wastewater) to major development properties
Did You Know?
The city’s electric utility was founded in 1918 providing more than 100 years of reliable electric service to customers.
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150 Miles
of Power Lines
1,022 Million Gallons
of Water Produced Annually
827 Million Gallons
of Wastewater Treated Annually
124 Miles
of Sanitary Sewer
142 Miles
of Water Mains
