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^that's Memorial Drive, $3.8 million was already programmed for it so it's not really a big increase.



Here's a link to the recommended projects for the local governments/etc. in the St. Louis area:



http://www.ewgateway.org/pdffiles/libra ... ojList.pdf



maps of submittted project locations here:



http://www.ewgateway.org/Infrastructure ... ureapp.htm

Here are the projects the EWG submitted for the WHOLE city of St. Louis. Obviously you see that the distressed area got first pickings All the rest of our projects got canned, because of funding constraints.



8098 St. Louis City EWGCOG Great Streets Engineering - South Grand $890,000 890,000 $890,000



8640 St. Louis City St. Louis Compton Ave Viaduct Repairs -- Over Union Pacific

Railroad

$750,000 750,000 $1,640,000



8637 St. Louis City Southwest Garden

Neighborhood Assn.

Vandeventer Ave Streetscape -- Kingshighway To Shaw;

Segment Of Accomac

$778,363 778,363 $2,418,363



8641 St. Louis City St. Louis Dr. Martin Luther King Pedestrian Lighting --

Kingshighway West To City Limits

$1,200,000 1,200,000 $3,618,363



8168 St. Louis City St. Louis North Sarah Street (Belle To Page) -- Belle To Page Ave $1,250,000 1,250,000 $4,868,363



8111 St. Louis City St. Louis Loughborough Ave -- Over Up RR $631,032 1,275,000 $5,499,395



8643 St. Louis City St. Louis Manchester Ave Pedestrian Lighting -- Taylor To Sarah $1,450,000 1,450,000 $6,949,395



8080 St. Louis City St. Louis Overlay And Pedestrian Improvements 'A' -- Skinker-

Clayton To Page;Goodfellow-Delmar To Natural Brg

$2,575,000 2,575,000 $9,524,395



8636 St. Louis City South Grand CID South Grand Improvements -- Arsenal To McDonald $1,800,000 1,800,000 $11,324,395



8425 St. Louis City St. Louis Morgan Ford Rd - Signal

Interconnection/Upgrade --

Arsenal Street To The City Limits

$2,450,000 2,450,000 $13,774,395



8605 St. Louis City Grand Center, Inc. Grand Center/Grand Blvd

Streetscape -- Lindell To Page

Ave

$2,000,000 2,000,000 $15,774,395



8607 St. Louis City St. Louis S. Broadway Streetscape -- Courtois To Upton Street $1,500,000 1,500,000 $17,274,395



8164 St. Louis City St. Louis Carrie Avenue -- North Broadway Street To Hall Street $2,800,000 2,800,000 $20,074,395

By far the largest federal appropriation in the St. Louis metro area, at $75 million of which $20 million is from the feds, goes to new highway construction for MO-141 north of Olive. The next most expensive project does not even exceed $3 million.



Are we sure MoDOT has its priorities straight?

http://www.mayorslay.com/news/display.asp?prID=1052



Projects that got approved for funding ($20 million worth) from the MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) That's a large share considering how much money was to be handed out. I do remember an interview where the head of EWG thought that it was absolutely ridiculous that MODOT could only find one project for the whole city of St. Louis. Maybe EWG and MPO actually read the clause about distressed areas.



# Compton Bridge Repairs over UP--$750,000

# Vandeventer Streetscape--Shaw to Kingshighway--$778,363

# Dr. Martin Luther King Pedestrian Lighting--Arlington west to City Limits--$1,200,000

# North Sarah Street Streetscape--West Belle to Page--$1,250,000

# Loughborough Bridge widening over UP--$631,032

# Manchester Avenue Pedestrian Lighting--Taylor to Sarah--$1,450,000

# Overlay and Pedestrian Improvements: Skinker--Clayton to Page; Goodfellow--Delmar to Natural Bridge--$2,575,000

# South Grand "Great Streets"--Arsenal to McDonald--$2,690,000

# Morganford Traffic Signal Interconnects--Arsenal south to City Limits--$2,450,000

# Grand Avenue Streetscape--Lindell to Page--$2,000,000

# S. Broadway Streetscape--Upton to Courtois--$1,500,000

Carrie Avenue Improvements--N. Broadway to Hall Street--$2,800,000

I would think two Senators have some explaining to do. Want to take a guess on who will say what?

An incredibly thoughtful editorial from the P-D

Stimulus reaction on transportation funding highlights regional failings



03/02/2009



Federal stimulus funds heading this way for road and bridge projects will create work and inject cash into the local economy. Crumbling infrastructure will receive long-overdue attention. And, before long, projects should start generating visible evidence of improvements, providing an uplifting contrast to dreary economic conditions.



All of this is exciting. But political reaction to the transportation funding also has been a disappointment — mainly in that it reaffirms a lack of cohesive leadership devoted to regional planning and the near complete absence of a coherent, big-picture transportation policy.



Big opportunities could be lost. Serious money has become available to help St. Louis build a bridge to future economic stability and growth. But, for now, that enterprise is mired in the dead-end politics of the past — in particular, the fractious nature of local governance.

Read Full Editorial

^ great article.

Goat314, I wouldn't be surprised if nothing changes. I work for a hubzone qualified business (We essentially get preferentially treatment on Federal Contracts because our office is in and a percentage of our employees live in a distressed area). You would be surprised by a large number of distressed rural areas.

We're certainly not alone in missing out on "our fair share" of the funds. Here's an interesting article describing how other states are dividing their transportation funds.



Example: Washington State is getting $341 million.

Seattle's share: Zero.



Check it out:



http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/us/04 ... ss&emc=rss

dweebe wrote:What about fixing Tucker from Washington Ave to the north?

that will have to be fixed prior to the new MRB. I think that won't be an issue, shortly.

More projects announced.

Mostly rural....none in St. Louis City.



http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/s ... enDocument

^The state has to have 50% of its stimulus projects ready for bids within 120 days(beginning of July). These projects likely have a shorter timeframe to complete design and will be able to make that deadline. The other half has a year to complete design and be ready to bid by March 2, 2010. Hopefully, we see at least one additional City project in that mix.

It looks like some of the funding levels have shifted and the City will get more money after all. Tucker and some port improvements have been added to the list. More info will likely be available at the meeting tonight at 6:00.



http://www.modot.mo.gov/stlouis/news_an ... wsId=28180

Mayor Slay (on mayorslay.com) talks about an additional $17 million -- and the region's continuing objection.



http://www.mayorslay.com/desk/display.asp?deskID=1210

publiceye wrote:Mayor Slay (on mayorslay.com) talks about an additional $17 million -- and the region's continuing objection.



http://www.mayorslay.com/desk/display.asp?deskID=1210

He's got a point, particularly when 62% of the St. Louis metro allocation goes to only 2 projects: $43 million for an extension of Page Ave. and $65 of $130 million for MO-141 from I-64 to Page.



Further, I'm curious as to which projects MoDOT classifies as being in economically depressed areas.