Kansas City, Missouri, leaders advanced an ordinance last week to spend $1.5 million on a plan to improve the streetscape and accessibility along a stretch of Stadium Drive.

Spurred by the citys hosting of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, officials are eyeing improvements to Stadium Drive between E. 31st Street and Raytown Road.

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Improvements include pedestrian lighting, a buffer fence, curbs, planted shoulders, a 10-foot-wide shared use path and a 5-foot-wide sidewalk.

Work, which is being completed in phases, is scheduled to be completed by May 2026, roughly one month before the city hosts its first of six matches at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium (during the World Cup, organizers will refer to

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