Recent Public Meetings
RESURFACING PORTIONS OF ROUTES
D AND Y IN CASS COUNTY
Tuesday, April 22 from 5 - 7 p.m.
Snead’s Bar-B-Q Restaurant at the southeast corner of Routes 58 and D
The Missouri Department of Transportation will resurface portions of Routes D and Y in Cass County this year, fixing some of the most troublesome highways in MoDOT’s District 4.
But before moving forward with plans for these routes, MoDOT wants highway users to weigh in on some of the options under consideration. Some options may speed up construction, but also close portions of the highway for several days at a time.
Come to a public meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at Snead’s Bar-B-Q restaurant at the southeast corner of Routes 58 and D to hear the latest and provide your input on these important transportation projects.
Three separate projects are planned for this season: Reconstruction of Route D from just south of Route 58 to just north of Route 150; resurfacing of Route D from Route Y in Cleveland to Route A near Drexel; and resurfacing of Route Y from Route D in Cleveland to Route YY west of Peculiar.
Each project has different challenges and various methods of improvement. MoDOT’s engineers, designers and maintenance personnel will be available to discuss options and seek your input.
PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR ROUTE 45 FROM ROUTES 9 TO K
Thursday, April 17 from 4-7 p.m.
Platte County Community Center South
8875 Clark Avenue, Parkville
Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public hearing will be held at the Platte County Community Center, 8875 Clark Avenue in Parkville, MO 64152, on Thursday, April 17, 2008, between the hours of four and seven p.m. Central Daylight Time. Access for the physically disabled is available. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning their views on the design for the widening of Route 45 from Routes 9 to K with reference to the economic and social effects of such location and design, its impact on the environment and its consistency with the goals and objectives of the community. An open-house format will be used, and persons may discuss the project and offer comments at any time between the prescribed hours. The presently contemplated improvement is as follows:
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
This project consists of right-of-way acquisition and improving Route 45 from Routes 9 to K.
Maps, plats, environmental information and other detail information prepared by the Missouri Department of Transportation, or interested agency, will be available by prior appointment for public inspection and copying at the office of the District Engineer of the Missouri Department of Transportation, 600 NE Colbern Road, Lee's Summit, Mo. Written statements and exhibits as well as verbal statements will be received at the hearing. Written statements and exhibits will be made a part of the public hearing transcript if received within ten working days after the date of the hearing.
Tentative schedules for right of way acquisition and construction will be discussed at the hearing.
If you are disabled and require special services at the public hearing, please notify Randy Johnson, Transportation Project Manager, by April 7 at 816-622-0483 or TDD (telecommunication devices for the deaf) 1-800-735-2966 so that arrangements for those services can be made.
Relocation advisory assistance will be available for all persons displaced as a result of this improvement. Information on relocation assistance programs will be provided.
MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
By Elizabeth Wright, P.E., District Engineer
PURPOSE AND NEED STUDY OF INTERSTATE 470, JACKSON COUNTY
Thursday, April 10 from 4 -7 p.m.
at Lee's Summit North High School
901 NE Douglas Street, Lee's Summit
Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public informational meeting will be held at Lee’s Summit North High School, 901 NE Douglas, Lee’s Summit, MO on Thursday, April 10, 2008, between the hours of Four and Seven p.m. Central Daylight Time. Access for the physically disabled is available.
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is conducting a purpose and need study that will evaluate the transportation issues along 15 miles of I-470 between 39th Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard. The issues cover a wide range of factors such as traffic operations, safety, highway design elements and system condition. The purpose of the meeting is to present information related to the issues and obtain input from all interested persons to help MoDOT better understand the needs and uses of I-470.
An open-house format will be used, and persons may discuss the study and offer comments at any time between the prescribed hours.
Maps, environmental information and other detail information prepared by MoDOT, or interested agency, will be available for public inspection and copying at the office of the District Engineer of the Missouri Department of Transportation, 600 NE Colbern Road, Lee's Summit, Missouri. Written statements and exhibits as well as oral statements will be received at the meeting. Written statements and exhibits will be made a part of the public informational meeting transcript if received within ten working days after the date of the meeting.
If you are disabled and require special services at the public information meeting, please notify Allan Zafft, Transportation Planning Coordinator by April 1, 2008 at 816-622-0687 or TDD (telecommunication devices for the deaf) 1-800-735-2966 so that arrangements for those services can be made.
MISSOURI HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
BY Elizabeth A. Wright, P.E., District Engineer
Interstate 29/35 Connections
“kcICON” Project
Clay/Jackson Counties
Thursday, February 28, 2008
North Kansas City Community Center
1999 Iron Street, North Kansas City, MO 64116
5:30 – 7:30 PM
OR
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Don Bosco Senior Center
580 Campbell Street, Kansas City, MO 64124
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. – formal presentation at 6:00 p.m.
Learn more about the Paseo Bridge replacement project and how it will affect you. MoDOT and Paseo Corridor Constructors are hosting two public informational meetings regarding the $245 million kcICON design-build project that will reconstruct/rehabilitate about four miles of Interstate 29/35 from just north of Route 210/Armour Road in North Kansas City into the northeast corner of the downtown Kansas City, Mo. freeway loop. The project includes improving outdated interchanges and the construction of the new, landmark cable-stayed Christopher S. Bond Missouri River bridge.
Open-house formats will be used with formal presentations at 6:00 PM. You will be given an opportunity to learn more about the project to include: landmark river bridge; urban design and corridor aesthetics; traffic management; roadway improvements; and DBE/workforce development opportunities.
Access for the physically disabled is available. If you require special services at either of these meetings, please call 816-841-8888, so that arrangements can be made.
Additional project information is available at www.kcicon.com.
Platte County
Route 9 White Aloe Branch
Bridge Replacement
Monday, March 3
Parkville Community Center
8875 Clark Avenue, Parkville
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that an open-house public hearing will be held on Monday, March 3, 2008 to gather public input about replacement of the White Aloe Branch Bridge on Route 9 in Platte County. The meeting will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Parkville Community Center located at 8875 Clark Avenue in Parkville, MO 64152. The public may attend the hearing at any time during the advertised hours. Access for the physically disabled is available.
The White Aloe Branch Bridge is located on Route 9 immediately west of the fire station at the Route FF Junction. Right of way and easements are needed for the project. Road closure with a temporary detour is one of the traffic control alternatives being considered.
All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning their views on the replacement of the White Aloe Branch Bridge with reference to the economic and social effects of such design, the impact on the environment, and consistency with the goals and objectives of the community.
Preliminary plans prepared by the Missouri Department of Transportation will be available for public inspection and copying at the office of Beth Wright, Kansas City Area District Engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation, 600 NE Colbern Road in Lee’s Summit, Missouri 64086. Written statements and exhibits will be made a part of the public hearing transcript if received within ten working days after the date of the hearing.
If you are disabled and require special services at the public hearing, please notify Kerri Lewis at 816-622-6328 so that arrangements for those services can be made.
Anyone desiring further information on this or other highway matters should contact the Missouri Department of Transportation Customer Service Department at 600 NE Colbern Road in Lee’s Summit, Missouri 64086 at 816-622-6500 or 1-888-ASK-MODOT (275-6636).
City of Lee's Summit
US 50/Blackwell Road Interchange &
Todd George Parkway Improvements
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008
Lee’s Summit City Hall, Howard Conference Room
220 SE Green Street, Lee's Summit
6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
The City of Lee's Summit is hosting a public informational meeting regarding improvements to Todd George Parkway and construction of a new interchange at US Highway 50 and Blackwell Road in Lee's Summit.
Access for the physically disabled is available. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning their views on the design of the Blackwell Road interchange and improvements to the interchange at Todd George Parkway and US Highway 50 in Lee’s Summit with reference to the economic and social effects of such design, its impact on the environment and its consistency with the goals and objectives of the community. An open-house format will be used and persons may discuss the project and offer comments at any time between the prescribed hours.
Project Conceptual Plans and other detailed information prepared by the City of Lee’s Summit, Jackson County and the Missouri Department of Transportation, or interested agency, will be available for public inspection. Copies of this information can be provided by written request to the office of the City Engineer of the city of Lee’s Summit, 220 SE Green Street, Lee's Summit, Missouri. Written statements and exhibits as well as oral statements will be received at the meeting. Written statements and exhibits will be made a part of the public meeting transcript if received within ten working days after the date of the hearing.
If you are disabled and require special services at the public hearing, please notify Steve Hamadi, Project Manager at 816-969-1845 so that arrangements for those services can be made
City of Harrisonville
Mechanic Street Corridor
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007
First Christian Church
Mechanic & S. Independence Streets, Harrisonville
5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
The City of Harrisonville has hired a transportation engineering and planning consultant, TranSystems, to study the 3.5 mile long segment of Mechanic Street from Waters Road to Commercial Street.
The study will investigate current traffic flow patterns and physical hindrances along the corridor to determine what improvements are needed, either now or in the future. At this time, no improvements have been determined and no funding is committed.
Residents were invited to an open house and public meeting to be held Thursday, Dec. 6, 5-8 p.m. at First Christian Church, Mechanic & S. Independence Streets.
Various maps and displays were available for review.
Citizen comments and suggestions will help develop potential improvement concepts that will be presented at a second meeting, tentatively planned for February 2008.
Roundabout at Route 92 and
Commercial Intersection
Clay County
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Smithville High School Cafeteria
645 Commerical
Smithville, MO
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
A public hearing was held at the Smithville High School cafeteria, 645 Commercial, Smithville, MO on Tuesday, October 9, 2007. Ten people attended. All interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard concerning their views on the design of the Route 92 and Commercial improvements in Smithville, Clay County with reference to the economic and social effects of such design, its impact on the environment and its consistency with the goals and objectives of the community. An open-house format was used.
The presently contemplated improvement includes the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Route 92 and Commercial in Smithville.
Project Preliminary Plans and other detailed information prepared by the Missouri Department of Transportation, or interested agency, are available for public inspection. Copies of this information can be provided by written request to the office of the District Engineer of the Missouri Department of Transportation, 600 NE Colbern Road, Lee's Summit, Missouri. Written statements and exhibits as well as oral statements were received at the hearing. Written statements and exhibits will be made part of the public hearing transcript if received within ten working days after the date of the hearing.
Clear Creek Bridge
Route 92, Clay County
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Kearney City Hall
100 East Washington Street
Kearney, MO
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
About 20 people attended the public hearing at the Kearney City Hall. An open-house format allowed persons to discuss the project and offer comments. The presently contemplated improvement is as follows:
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED DESIGN
This project consists of the replacement of the bridge over Clear Creek and the adjacent pavement. The existing bridge and pavement will convey traffic while the new bridge and pavement are constructed south of the existing.
Maps, plats, environmental information, and other detail information prepared by the Missouri Department of Transportation, or interested agency, were available for public inspection and copying at the office of the District Engineer of the Missouri Department of Transportation, 600 NE Colbern Road, Lee's Summit, Missouri, 64086. Written statements and exhibits as well as oral statements were received at the hearing. Written statements and exhibits will be made a part of the public hearing transcript if received within ten working days after the date of the hearing.
Tentative schedules for right of way acquisition and construction were discussed at the hearing. Relocation advisory assistance will be available for all persons displaced as a result of this improvement.
I-470 and Strother Road Interchange
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Lee's Summit North High School
Lecture Hall (West Entrance)
901 NE Douglas Street
Lee's Summit, MO
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
The Missouri Department of Transportation and the City of Lee's Summit displayed and explained final design plans for the Strother Road Interchange on Route I-470, Jackson County, with reference to the economic and social effects of such design, its impact on the environment and its consistency with the goals and objectives of the community. An open-house format was used; approximately 30 people attended the hearing.
The presently contemplated improvement is as follows:
This project includes the environmental and design work for proposed interchange on Route I-470 at Strother Road in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. The proposed facilities include the interchange, auxiliary lanes and Route I-470, an extension of Strother Road from west to the east side of the interstate, and a local road parallel to Route I-470 between Woods Chapel Road on the north and Colbern Road on the south.
Maps, plats, environmental information and other detail information prepared by the City of Lee’s Summit are available for public inspection and copying at the office of the Director of Public Works of the City of Lee’s Summit, 220 SE Green St., Lee’s Summit, Missouri 64063. Written statements and exhibits as well as oral statements will be received at the hearing. Written statements and exhibits will be made a part of the public hearing transcript if received within ten working days after the date of the hearing.
Route 13 Relocation
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Margaret Gray Senior Center
Four Life Center
811 C South 13 Highway
Lexington, MO
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
The Missouri Department of Transportation displayed and explained its preliminary plans to construct 3.1 miles of a two-lane segment that will relocate Route 13 from south of the Ike Skelton Bridge over the Missouri River to the Route 24 Interchange just southeast of Lexington, Missouri, at an open-house public hearing. No formal presentation was scheduled; the open-house format allowed attendees to drop by at any time during the hearing to speak to engineers, designers, right-of-way experts and other transportation professionals regarding the project.
Written statements and exhibits as well as oral statements were received at the hearing. Written statements and exhibits will be made a part of the public hearing transcript if received within ten working days after the date of the hearing.
Tentative schedules for right of way acquisition and construction will be discussed at the hearing. Relocation advisory assistance will be available for all persons displaced as a result of this improvement. Information on relocation assistance programs will be provided.
Noland Road Bridge Replacement over Insterstate 70
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Truman High School Cafeteria
3301 S. Noland Road
Independence, MO
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
The Missouri Department of Transportation displayed and explained its preliminary plans to replace the Noland Road Bridge over Interstate 70 at an open-house public hearing. No formal presentation was scheduled; the open-house format allowed the approximately 50 attendees to drop by at any time during the hearing to speak to engineers, designers, right-of-way experts and other transportation professionals regarding the project.
The existing bridge was built in 1965 and carries about 28,000 vehicles per day. The new bridge and access ramps will be designed to accommodate projected traffic flows at the interchange.
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2008. After consultation with the Independence Chamber of Commerce, local businesses and city officials, MoDOT plans to close the bridge in early 2008 and open the new bridge to traffic by late May 2008. Entrance and exit ramps will remain open during the bridge construction.
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