Business View Civil & Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 11

94 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 11 To help meet the demand of new residents coming into Lawrence, the city has been working on a series of improvements to housing and infrastructure. This includes a new 458- unit single-family residential development that’s currently under construction, as well as enhancements to the city’s utilities services. “The biggest challenge right now operationally is for the utilities, particularly our sanitary sewer,” says Salsbery. “But we’ve made great progress on that.” The city recently made $30 million in improvements to its water system, including upgrades to water plants, storage facilities, and replacing thousands of feet of water main. “Work still continues and will continue and now we are getting ready to do the same with the sewer,” Salsbery adds. One of the city’s biggest projects is the Trades District Initiative, which involves transforming the Pendleton Pike corridor into a trades district