Welcome to Lawson MO!
Lawson, Missouri is located just north of the Kansas City metro and with around 2500 residents, we are a desirable size town.
We don’t hide the fact that we’re small. Indeed, we embrace and celebrate it. We enjoy a community where family values, quality education and community pride create the ideal place to live, work and play.
And yet, we strive to develop strategies that allow us to achieve purposeful and deliberate growth. Around here, we dare to dream big, and then we roll up our sleeves and get to work making it happen. Just take a look around town at all of the improvements over the past decade – a new splash pad, upgrades to our City Pool, improvements to our City Lake complex with the addition of the Lakeview Event Center and Lakeview Campground and RV Park, the new Barker Center on the high school campus and Southwest Elementary storm shelter, and many more projects that are coming down the pike.
While we have no intention of being the next big city, we won’t ever settle for less when it comes to improving the quality of life for our residents. We are proud to be a small town with big dreams!
Salem Extension Open to Traffic
After years of planning and months of construction, the Salem extension is now open to traffic, including vehicles, a bicycle lane and pedestrian sidewalks. The Salem extension was designed to alleviate heavy traffic through the Nolker and Cardinal Circle neighborhood. Nolker Drive was never intended to be a through street and used to be a dead end, before it was opened up to connect to D Highway over 60 years ago. On average, around 600 cars a day travel down the residential street with on-street parking adding to the congestion, often turning the narrow road into a single lane of traffic. The Salem extension will give drivers a more direct route connecting the north and south parts of town without funneling them through a residential neighborhood.
The speed limit on the new section of Salem will be set at 35 miles per hour, while the speed limit on Salem from Moss/Hazel and southward will remain at 25 miles per hour due to the many residential driveways that connect to the road.
It is important to note that the new intersection located on the south end of the project where Salem, Moss and Hazel come together is now a four-way stop. Traffic in all directions must come to a complete stop before proceeding. Police Chief Bruce Summa states, “We understand that this new four-way stop is going to take some time to get used to, so our officers will be educating the public and giving warnings during the transition to the new traffic pattern.”
Altogether, the City hopes that the new road will make the Nolker and Cardinal Circle neighborhoods safer for the families that live there and easier for motorists to get through town. The City’s number one priority will always be the safety of our citizens.
**Community Awareness**
City of Lawson would like to introduce Szymon, university student from Poland here as a part of a summer exchange program. They stopped by our office today to introduce themselves. If you happen to see them out and about in Ray County during the day knocking on doors, he’s selling educational books and apps designed for families with young toddlers all the way to college prep. Please share to let others know in our community.
This is Szymon’s first week in Ray County, so if you see him, don't be afraid to say hi, he’s very friendly and excited to be here. He DOES NOT REPRESENT, AND IS NOT AFFILIATED with any of the schools.
He’s facebook profile is below if you would like to check out his work.
Come out and support the Lawson Picnic tonight! It's a beautiful day! 😎
Please be mindful that several of the streets in downtown Lawson are closed for the Lawson Picnic set up. Please DO NOT drive around or move barricades, because, YES, they do apply to you too. We know it's a minor inconvenience, but each time we have to have a car moved that's in the way of set up, it slows things down. Help us out and obey the barricades. Thanks!
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