This quote is going to age like milk when one of these bridges collapseRegarding the $37 million business aid bill, Reed, the sponsor, said in a statement that “our residents deserve the safety, stability and access to opportunities these funds will provide.”
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This was a bad decision in my view, but it's not like these bridge replacements are dead. The City has plenty of money it can shift in to replace what was moved in this bill. Which makes it all the more dumb to move it out now. Use money from the next $249 million of ARPA to pave the streets. The bridges are more important than paving, as much as potholes are not fun.
I can't get to the article, what are those projects? And doesn't she realize Compton is using by everyone? This isn't some pet project in St. Louis Hills.sc4mayor wrote: ↑Apr 15, 2022Since Sharon Tyus pulled the race card…this bridge project is dead. Also, the replacement bridge at Union and Lindell on FPP is also dead, since Tyus apparently doesn’t give a sh*t about the woman that lost her life when a chunk of the median collapsed on her car.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... fce31.htmlAlso Thursday, Black aldermen convinced the full board to revise a previously endorsed $87 million capital improvements bill to shift $7.6 million to several North Side street projects from three major bridge replacements planned for the city’s central corridor.
But I guess she has to get hers and just f*ck everyone else.
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It’s strange how some of our Alderpersons act like the south side doesn’t have black residents or suffer disinvestment
"Among items added Thursday were $2.5 million to repair curbs on North Kingshighway, $2 million to pave Goodfellow Boulevard, $1.25 million in “traffic calming” efforts to reduce speeding and accidents on Riverview Boulevard and $1.5 million to repair three medians."
"Tyus responded that the city could tap other money it’s getting in coming months for the bridge work. Over the years, she said, several people have died on Kingshighway because of the crumbling state of curbs and speeding."
"Tyus responded that the city could tap other money it’s getting in coming months for the bridge work. Over the years, she said, several people have died on Kingshighway because of the crumbling state of curbs and speeding."
On top of all this is that supposedly the city is going to a $150 million cut in the Rams settlement fund on top of the covid relief. Talk about a great funding source for near north and northside improvements outlined above considering you can make the argument that dome construction impacted northside more then southside IMO.
With plenty of funds between Covid aid as noted above and the Rams settlement their is plenty to do a big investment across the board/across neighborhoods on city projects, bridges, streets, parks and fleet replacement. Even a bond to double down on these funds & possible Fed infrastructure grants makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately reads like small time petty political actions along with one & down payouts continue to rule the day.
With plenty of funds between Covid aid as noted above and the Rams settlement their is plenty to do a big investment across the board/across neighborhoods on city projects, bridges, streets, parks and fleet replacement. Even a bond to double down on these funds & possible Fed infrastructure grants makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately reads like small time petty political actions along with one & down payouts continue to rule the day.
Didn't we just approve borrowing money to pay for infrastructure in the municipal election last week?
Or realize that Compton is a major north-south thoroughfare that connects residents of all color and businesses of all types.JaneJacobsGhost wrote: ↑Apr 15, 2022It’s strange how some of our Alderpersons act like the south side doesn’t have black residents or suffer disinvestment
I understand fighting for your constituents and realize the North Side has been shorted: but this is an ancient bridge that serves many.
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None of those bridge projects are dead, they’re moving forward as planned.
Asked someone at the City for status
Compton bridge: BPS managing project; 60% complete with design; In right-of-way acquisition phase; Expected construction 2025.
So new bridge should be open in 2026 or 2027
Compton bridge: BPS managing project; 60% complete with design; In right-of-way acquisition phase; Expected construction 2025.
So new bridge should be open in 2026 or 2027
Wanna bet late 2027?dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Apr 18, 2022Asked someone at the City for status
Compton bridge: BPS managing project; 60% complete with design; In right-of-way acquisition phase; Expected construction 2025.
So new bridge should be open in 2026 or 2027
These projects in this stretch always seem to take longer. Heavy rail + Metrolink + all sorts of unmarked lines = project management challenges out the wazoo.
The road has been absolutely terrible for the past couple of months or so. There are what look like structural beams sticking out of the pavement.
What do people think with MSE walls to shorten bridge span itself? Makes sense for the long haul as a roadway/MSE walls will be a lot more easier to maintain than a bridge span. I assume they are leaving some room on south end of span to facilitate future greenway, trail?quincunx wrote: ↑Jan 24, 2024Compton Bridge REplacement Slide.png
Think the real gain for the city is getting the interchange mess to the north delt with once MoDOT gets all its feedback, input from community. Ideally, would love to see Harris Stowe give up some property on northside of Market for real estate that opens up on southside of Market to favor more of an urban grid.
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fine with MSE walls to save money.
I would like them develop a long-term vision to connect Scott ave. through to Bernard and have a continuous pedestrian scale corridor from Union Station to Vandeventer. Greenway could be incorporated into it instead of running adjacent to noisy dirty railroads. (not to trigger SP) There are several key pieces of infrastructure in the way that i know can't be taken for granted. The Ewing Yard metro bus maintenance building and Sigma Millipore site are obviously the primary points of concern. But if they could be relocated or maybe in the case of Ewing brought below grade and built over, it could be a really interesting opportunity to built ALOT of new. Obviously demand is not there yet (see the reference to long-term)
I would like them develop a long-term vision to connect Scott ave. through to Bernard and have a continuous pedestrian scale corridor from Union Station to Vandeventer. Greenway could be incorporated into it instead of running adjacent to noisy dirty railroads. (not to trigger SP) There are several key pieces of infrastructure in the way that i know can't be taken for granted. The Ewing Yard metro bus maintenance building and Sigma Millipore site are obviously the primary points of concern. But if they could be relocated or maybe in the case of Ewing brought below grade and built over, it could be a really interesting opportunity to built ALOT of new. Obviously demand is not there yet (see the reference to long-term)
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Anybody know if this bridge is still supposed to start construction in 2025? Haven't heard anything about bid requests and that was supposed to happen last fall.
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The northbound lanes on the bridge are not suitable for traffic and should be closed.
I think about this all the time. For a bridge that needed to be replaced 20 years ago and all the talk about doing it, there sure still seems to be no rush to do anything. Meanwhile, it looks like it may just fall down one of these days like the Kingshighway viaduct did in the early 1990s.
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^As I recall, they were in the process of demolishing the Kingshighway viaduct when it spontaneously decided to demolish itself faster, but . . . you're not wrong. At least once I thought they already closed this, confusing it with another bridge. (Jefferson, probably.) Yeah, it was in rough shape even in the 90s, some few years after that.
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At some point this bridge just needs to be closed before a tragedy occurs, a few weeks ago I was following a couple dump trucks across and was feeling a bit nervous
Shoulda just jumped up and down and put it out of its misery. St Louis leaders tend to respond to things *after* they've occurred. Let's just commit to helping it along, crumble it like a wet cookie and then surely we'll see instant response.GoHarvOrGoHome wrote: ↑Mar 13, 2025At some point this bridge just needs to be closed before a tragedy occurs, a few weeks ago I was following a couple dump trucks across and was feeling a bit nervous
All you need is blockers standing at either end to ensure traffic stops and no one gets hurt. Ta-daaaaa I tweeted this to the Citizen's Service Bureau on 2/11. The next day, I drove on the bridge and there were a few cones placed around the big crevices in the pavement. That's it. That's even worse than a band-aid, because as a result, even MORE cars had to veer into oncoming traffic to dodge the cones. Two days later, those cones were gone and the gaping craters remained.
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Project Implementation/Construction: February 2025 - December 2026
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The bridge is in better shape but they missed some spots.stlgasm wrote: ↑Mar 13, 2025I tweeted this to the Citizen's Service Bureau on 2/11. The next day, I drove on the bridge and there were a few cones placed around the big crevices in the pavement. That's it. That's even worse than a band-aid, because as a result, even MORE cars had to veer into oncoming traffic to dodge the cones. Two days later, those cones were gone and the gaping craters remained. ComptonAve.jpg
Residents should bug their NIS about issues more often. I’ve been very happy with how responsive and effective my various NIS have been when I’ve reached out to them.
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Took the Metrolink from Shrewsbury to Busch yesterday. I couldn't believe how awful it looks from the sideview. This can't be replaced soon enough.
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