First Mahomes’ Whataburger opens this week in Kansas City, Kansas. Here’s traffic plan

Headed to the opening of the primary Whataburger for the franchise that features Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes? Kansas Metropolis, Kansas, police have a visitors alert for you.

KMO Burger, the franchise that features Mahomes, plans to open its first restaurant at 11 a.m. Tuesday at 10780 Parallel Parkway, north of the Legends Retailers Kansas Metropolis shopping center in western Kansas Metropolis, Kansas.

As a result of Whataburger openings have a tendency to draw lengthy traces of consumers, there might be particular visitors sample modifications within the space to accommodate the anticipated crowds, Nancy Chartrand, a spokeswoman for Kansas Metropolis, Kansas, police mentioned in an e mail.

Starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, the proper lane of westbound Parallel Parkway might be coned off simply west of North 106th Road. This lane might be used for the drive-thru visitors. Drivers will observe it west to Village West Parkway, the place they may flip north. On the entry street, drivers will head east into the Whataburger car parking zone.

For these headed to different companies close by, they need to use northbound North 106th Road or northbound Village West Parkway. Eastbound visitors on Parallel Parkway might be restricted to the within left flip lane onto Village West Parkway.

Digital message boards might be in place to assist direct visitors.

Drivers who plan to be within the space must be conscious and plan forward for the modifications, the police division mentioned. The visitors sample modifications will stay in impact till 5 p.m. subsequent Sunday.

KMO, which is paying for police and personal safety to assist direct visitors as wanted, plans to open 30 Whataburgers over the following seven years from Wichita to St. Joseph.