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Widening Route 109

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Missouri Route 109 Widening: Wildwood Residents React

Part 2 of 2: Wildwood residents who live or travel on Missouri Route 109 voiced feedback and asked questions at a Wednesday open house at city hall regarding the widening of a portion of the roadway used by 20,000 drivers daily.

Kristin and Mark Stinnett with their fingers traced a dotted line that went through their backyard on one of the enlarged maps portrayed at Wednesday's open house regarding future construction for Missouri Route 109 in Wildwood. The Stinnetts live in Hickory Manor Village Subdivision, on Hickory Forest Street, which backs up to Pond-Grover Loop Road. It turns out the dotted line was merely the designated right-of-way line, which relieved them. Read prior article regarding the extent of the Missouri Route 109 project designed to improve safety and traffic flow between Missouri Route 100 and Clayton Road: Missouri Route 109 Widening: What's the Plan? "We came to find out the timeline of the project, which will affect us, regarding how to get…

Chris Weber

5:18 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012

The sad is is that years ago, MODOT tried to make it an improved outer road which would have cost a lot less and would have been less of a traffic impact. This was shot down by public vote.   more ›

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