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Westwood Hills

Lawrence, KS

Westwood Hills is a 77-lot subdivision in northwest Lawrence, Kansas. Designed to be constructed in phases, the 40-lot Phase I included approximately 2,200 lf of streets and 2,800 lf of sanitary sewer. Many of the streets include landscaped islands. The site’s topography dictated the need for several detention/retention ponds. Landplan Engineering worked with the Client to transform these ponds into site amenities, giving the pond area park-like qualities. Two of the three ponds were designed for permanent water storage, with the downstream pond designed as a detention-only dry pond. The upstream pond includes a surrounding limestone rock wall and a stepped spillway, also constructed of limestone. Some of the limestone material excavated during the street construction was reused in the rock wall.