• About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Monday, March 1, 2021
23 °f
Platte
49 ° Wed
49 ° Thu
49 ° Fri
48 ° Sat
The Platte County Landmark Newspaper
  • Home
  • Local News
  • Opinion
  • Landmark Live!
  • Looking Backward
  • Home
  • Local News
  • Opinion
  • Landmark Live!
  • Looking Backward
No Result
View All Result
The Platte County Landmark Newspaper
No Result
View All Result

New bridge over creek at Parkville discussed

Landmark Staff by Landmark Staff
August 11, 2007
in Parkville
3
SHARES
84
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via Email

The Parkville Board of Aldermen approved a letter of support on Tuesday to be sent to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and earmarked $200,000 to help cover the cost of building a new bridge on Hwy. 9 over the White Alloe Creek.

“MoDOT has requested this money be available to cover the cost,” said Dan Koch, project manager for Parkville. “This letter is not a commitment to spend the funds.”

RelatedNews

5th Street at Parkville to be closed

Judge: Parkville must be more specific in ‘discovery’

Hearing set Aug. 7 in Sunshine lawsuit

In order to commit the funds to the project, the $200,000 has to come out of another fund. Koch said the money would come from the 2009 budget for doing asphalt overlay programs in Parkville.

Nearly $277,000 was budgeted for the overlay projects, leaving only $77,000 in the fund. According to Koch, the overlay projects would have to be pushed back to 2010 and the projects for 2010 would be pushed back another year.

MoDOT expects the new bridge project to cost around $400,000 and will cover half of the cost.

According to Koch, the bridge will feature two 12 foot lanes for traffic and also a six foot sidewalk on each side of the roadway. Any extra features, such as lights or ornamental decorating, will be the financial responsibility of Parkville

MoDOT will move forward to design the new bridge and submit the plans to Parkville. Once the bridge is designed, there will be no obligation for Parkville to immediately build the bridge.

One of the aldermen asked if there were any plans to redesign the nearby roads, which may result in a different design for the bridge.

“Should we look into adding a third lane for southbound traffic to turn left?” asked Gerry Richardson, alderman.

“Right now we have not looked into it,” said Koch. “That would put the road really close to the fire department and we would need to acquire land from the post office and there would be a lot of red tape involved. We would need to reconfigure the Parkville ‘triangle’.”

“But shouldn’t we look into that now rather than having to pay another $200,000 later?” responded Richardson.

 

Tags: gerry richardsonparkvilleplatte county
Landmark Staff

Landmark Staff

Related Posts

45 Years Ago–February 27, 1976

by Ivan Foley
February 26, 2021
0

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Buxton of Weston announce the birth of their daughter, Valerie Sue, on Sunday, Feb. 22, 1976 at St. John Hospital in Leavenworth. Mrs. Buxton formerly worked at Bobbi's Hair Fashions in Platte City. Doug Hunt, Platte...

30 Years Ago–March 1, 1991

by Ivan Foley
February 26, 2021
0

The Platte City Chamber of Commerce Thursday heard Mayor Steve Wegner deliver a "State of the City" address. The KCI Conference of Schools, hosted by Smithville R-2 School District and Parents as Teachers, will present "The Power of Positive Parenting"...

15 Years Ago–February 23, 2006

by Ivan Foley
February 26, 2021
0

The call to serve his country has come once again for State Rep. Jason Brown of Platte City. Brown, a member of the United States Army Reserves, told The Landmark that he has been called to fulfill a one year...

Praise for local road district

Praise for local road district

by Landmark Digital Staff
February 26, 2021
0

EDITOR: One of the best examples of taxpayer dollars at work has to be credited to the Parkville Special Road District  for providing excellent road cleaning during the lethally frigid weather. Against continued below zero temperatures, even more bitter wind...

Next Post

Parkville gearing up for annual riverfest

Popular News

  • Vaccine shot

    Around 1,700 shots to be offered in the next week

    15 shares
    Share 6 Tweet 4
  • City ‘finds’ 2,300 records, gives them to Jason Maki

    15 shares
    Share 6 Tweet 4
  • Why the urgency for R-3 bond issue?

    15 shares
    Share 6 Tweet 4
  • County health department eases restrictions

    13 shares
    Share 5 Tweet 3
  • Investigations, rolling outages and building south

    8 shares
    Share 3 Tweet 2
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Call us at 816-858-0363

Copyright © 2019-2020 The Platte County Landmark Newspaper - All Rights Reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Subscribe Online
  • Local News
  • Opinion
  • Landmark Live!
  • Looking Backward

Copyright © 2019-2020 The Platte County Landmark Newspaper - All Rights Reserved

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist