Roy Blunt Reservoir Project (formerly known as the East Locust Creek Reservoir)

The North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission (NCMRWC) comprised of the City of Green City, the City of Milan, Public Water Supply District #1 of Sullivan County and the City of Green Castle. The NCMRWC is the local sponsor of the Roy Blunt Reservoir (RBR) project.

As part of the RBR project, Sullivan County applied for and was awarded a US DOT Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant. Later, a recipient change was approved for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to administer the project. The BUILD grant project will construct transportation improvements around the proposed RBR, which is being built as part of a separate project without MoDOT's involvement.

The BUILD grant project, while separate, is dependent on the schedule and timeline of the RBR project.

BUILD Grant Project Planned Transportation Improvements

The following pieces are included in the MoDOT-administered BUILD grant transportation improvements:

• Building and/or improving four intersections:
  • Add a northbound right-turn lane onto Missouri Route 5 and join Missouri Route 5 to a new road, Mid-Lake Road (artist's rendering)
  • Intersection improvements along Missouri Route 5 at Route N (artist's rendering)
  • Intersection improvements along State Highway 5 at Mayapple Road to reconfigure driveways and add a northbound right-turn lane and southbound left-turn lane (rendering)
  • Reconfigure the intersection of Route Y and Route N and connect to Mayapple Road (artist's rendering)
• Construct four new bridges:
  • Three on the alignment of what will be the new Mid-Lake Road (artist's rendering)
  • One bridge on the alignment of what will be the new Mayapple Road.

There were six ADD Alternates associated with this project on which contractors could submit bids. Because the funding for the project has a fixed ceiling, these items will only be completed if the budget allows. These optional pieces were prioritized by the reservoir team in the MoDOT Contract as:

1. Asphalt overlay of Routes N and VV (included in bid award).
2. Pave Mayapple Drive with option (asphalt or concrete) pavement.
3. Pave Mid-Lake Drive with optional (asphalt or concrete) pavement.
4. Paving of three Marina roads.
5. Paving of four main reservoir access roads.
6. Various gravel road improvements on several routes near the reservoir. 

Contract Awarded for Base Project and First ADD Alternate

The project was part of MoDOT's Nov. 18, 2022, bid opening. At their December 2022 meeting, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded a $15, 498, 029.44 contract to Capital Paving & Construction, LLC to complete the base project and the first ADD Alternate.

Schedule

All schedules are tentative and subject to change.

2023: Completion of the three intersection improvement projects on Route 5. 

• Intersection improvements at Route 5 and Mid-Lake Road.
  • COMPLETE - Nov. 3, 2023.
• Intersection improvements on Route 5 at the intersections of Route N and Mayapple Road.
  • COMPLETE - Nov. 3, 2023.

2024:

• Intersection improvements at Route N/Y.
  • COMPLETE - Nov. 15, 2024.

2024-25: Construction of the three new bridges on Mid-Lake Road and one on Mayapple Road.

• Mayapple Road:
  • COMPLETE June 2024.
• Mid-Lake Road: 
  • All three bridges are expected to be complete by spring 2025.

2025: Completion of ADD Alternative paving of Routes N, VV and potentially a portion of Mayapple Road (contingent on grant fund availability following completion of all other project work). 

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