Why put a parkway at the 175th/179th alignment?
The 175th/179th Street alignment provides good system linkage in connecting to the North Cass Parkway and 179th Streets. To the east, the North Cass Parkway will provide a four-lane parkway connecting to U.S. 71. To the west, 175th/179th Street is a CARNP-designated parkway with the ability to upgrade to four lanes in the future. The alignment also provides good linkage between Lone Elm Park, Heritage Park, the new Blue Valley High School, the Overland Park Arboretum, and the planned Johnson County Park near 175th and Mission Road. Finally, the alignment has relatively few displacements compared to other facilities, is located in an area not rapidly subdividing, is anticipated to draw significant traffic from the local streets, and has a reasonable construction cost.
