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On January 8, 2010, KDOT invited key businesses and stakeholders in the study area to an issues workshop where the study team presented two draft concept alternatives. We asked the business community what concerns they had with the proposed concepts and how they thought the improvements might impact them. Overall, most of the concerns noted had to do with funding the improvements and for what short-term solutions could be implemented until all the improvements could be completed. As the study progresses, there will be more discussion on the short-term improvements. At this time, there is no funding for construction or any right-of-way acquistion. The presentation can be found in the resource link under meeting summaries.

The Johnson County Gateway Study area is identified as the area bound by 95th Street, Quivira Road, College Boulevard and Renner Boulevard. This approximately 6 square mile area has some fairly significant development which could be impacted by potential modifications to the access to the freeway system. We have determined that generally within this area (some of the data tracts do not exactly follow those boundaries) there is the following:
• Approximately 1,280 businesses with 30,400 jobs.
• Approximately 4,967 households with 11,630 residents living in those households.
• Approximate tax revenue = $250 Million per year. This tax revenue includes an estimate of federal and state income taxes for all employees in the areas plus the property tax. This estimate of taxes paid does not include sales tax paid by employees, sales tax collected by businesses, personal properly tax, income tax paid by the business or income tax paid by the residents that live in the area.

Improving transportation on the highways in and through this area is critical to the local, regional and state economy.

Sources for information above include:
Business data
Source: Business data provided by InfoUSA, Omaha NE Copyright 2009, all rights reserved. ESRI forecasts for 2009.

Household and Residential Data
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing. ESRI forecasts for 2009.

Tax Revenue Estimates
Source: City of Lenexa