Blue Jay Way North leading to and from the new Junction City High School is completely open allowing for incoming and outgoing traffic from the new school. Traffic can flow east or west on Rucker Road to reach Blue Jay Way North.
During a joint city-county-school district meeting there was concern about a hill on Rucker Road west of the Blue Jay Way North intersection where normal traffic moves relatively fast and the possibility of T-Bone accidents could exist. Police Chief John Lamb noted that eastbound vehicles going up the blind hill approaching Blue Jay Way is a concern. " So we're hoping through transparency and letting the community know to be mindful when you are approaching that intersection because the bulk of the traffic is going to be coming down Blue Jay Way turning eastbound onto Rucker." Lamb added those who are traveling east from places farther west need to be concerned that it is a blind hill. The possibility of putting a future stop sign or traffic control device are options that have been mentioned to help the situation.
On the west side of the new JCHS, Munson Road connects with K-18 Highway. Lamb noted that K-18 going both east and west as motorists approach Munson Road is a concern as well. Lamb added that the Sheriff's Department will monitor that location. "Working closely with the Sheriff's Department and making everybody aware as they approach that intersection just be mindful that the kids are leaving school. Plans include use of Munson Road as a school bus entrance to the facility, but there also plans to asphalt that stretch of road this fall, possibly beginning in late September.
When it comes to parking at JCHS Lamb stated that people are finding ways to park without parking in a parking spot. "So all the parents and children going to the school be mindful there's plenty of parking." Spaces that are not a parking spot are made specifically for emergency vehicles and for ingress and egress of vehicles.
There are approximately 900 parking spots. Also, more than 600 students will be bused to the facility.
There are plans for a roundabout at the southeast corner of the new JCHS near the main entrance but it will be some time before that is completed. City Manager Allen Dinkel said that a contractor is in place and will first begin work on the road connecting Blue Jay Way and Sutter Woods Road because KDOT eliminated two entrances off K-18 Highway. "And we have to build access to them first, and then the roundabout will start in the spring."