Wichita City Council members have approved funding to continue a program to pave dirt streets in neighborhoods across the city.
The city will be providing $2 million for the paving of 20 dirt streets in 2025. The Council approved a program in 2022 that placed a priority on dirt streets that are within about one block of schools, which was anticipated to take four years to complete. 2025 will be the third year of the program. The second priority is to make paving improvements in disadvantaged neighborhoods using data from the United States Census.
The streets to be paved in 2025 are in three City Council districts:
Street Name From To District
Cheyenne Glen Oaks End of Pavement 3
Cheyenne End of Pavement El Rancho 3
1st Street Baehr Anna VI 6
Clara 1st Street End of Pavement 6
Doris 1st Street 2nd Street 6
3rd Street Baehr Anna 6
3rd Street Clara Doris 6
3rd Street Bebe Clara 6
3rd Street Anna Bebe 6
Bebe 2nd Street 3rd Street 6
Clara 2nd Street 3rd Street 6
Doris 2nd Street 3rd Street 6
1st Street High Knight 6
1st Street 1st Street End of Pavement 6
1st Street Joann High 6
1st Street Knight Kessler 6
Knight Douglas End of Pavement 4
26th Street Edwards Bullinger 6
Hyacinth 25th Street End of Pavement 6
Glenn 31st Street End of Pavement 4
The 2025 funding is expected to pave about one and a half lane miles, or 2% of the City’s total inventory of 160 lane miles of dirt streets. The pavement will have an estimated useful life of 15 to 20 years.
