Surface Street Management Roles and Responsibilities

StakeholderRole and Responsibility
City of Lawrence Public WorksProvide traffic control during events, maintenance and construction.
Provide speed monitoring on city owned roadways
Coordinate traffic information with the KDOT, KTA and other regional agencies.
Provide road closures on city owned roadways for flooding and winter weather.
Provide traffic information to travelers through DMS.
Provide signal preemption for emergency vehicles.
Operate traffic signal systems within the City.
Operate network surveillance equipment including CCTV cameras and vehicle detection on roadways within the City to facilitate traffic signal operations.
Douglas County Public WorksProvide traffic control during events, maintenance and construction.
Provide road closures on county roadways for flooding and winter weather.
Local CitiesProvide traffic control during events, maintenance and construction.
Provide road closures on city owned roadways for flooding and winter weather.