On Track with KC

charlie.keegan@kshb.com

When the KC Streetcars Main Street Extension opens Oct. 24, it will be on time and under budget.

Kansas Citys director of transportation told City Council members last month there is money leftover from the $350 million project to use on enhancements to the extension to improve the user experience.

Money saved from the extension still has to be spent on streetcar-related projects, so the plan is to use about $7 million in unspent money on a long list of concepts.

Priorities include improving sidewalks and crosswalks along the route, adding signage in the streetcar-exclusive lanes, adding medians to Main Street, improving landscaping, upgrading a parking lot near the Plaza, making repairs to the bridge taking Main Street over the train tracks ne

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