Route 109 Improvement Plan: What's Definition of Public Input?
LETTER TO EDITOR: One Wildwood resident says the improvement plan for Missouri Route 109 is really short-sighted, and wonders why public sessions are held if government officials aren't going to take public reactions into account.
Wildwood resident Marc Perez said he attended the latest open house at the Wildwood City Hall regarding the Missouri Route 109 improvement plan, and gave it all some thought. So he sent those observations to Wildwood Mayor Tim Woerther, and said he wasn't thrilled with how the response made him feel. "This plan is short sighted for the long-term traffic flow on Highway 109. Decades ago, MoDOT proposed a limited access highway for 109 similar to the completed Highway 141 and 170 to the east," states Perez in his letter to Wildwood officials that he also sent to Eureka-Wildwood Patch. "Both of these highways have demonstrated a marked improvement in traffic flow. Indeed, the growth in the Wildwood/Eureka, and even Franklin County area, to …
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Marc Perez
8:42 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Good post Jim. What we need also is for local government to look long term instead of a "patch" to suit their short term desires. more ›