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South Metro Connection Study
Completed in 2008
The South Metro Connection Study examined transportation connections between U.S. 69 in Kansas and Holmes Road in Missouri based on current and forecasted future land-use development and travel supply/demand. (Study limits were generally identified as 175th Street on the north, 199th Street on the south, Holmes Road on the east and U.S. 69 on the west.) The project included brief examinations of the South Metro Connection Study outcome's impact on North Cass County Parkway — which terminates at Holmes Road — and potential transportation alternatives from U.S. 69 to I-35.
The South Metro Connection Study Team presented a final recommendation for roadway improvements in the study area — a two-lane, east-west alignment primarily along 175th Street that would run from Metcalf Avenue to Holmes Road. Local jurisdictions involved in the study reviewed the recommendation and public input from a final survey. Johnson County decided not to support moving the concept forward into the environmental documentation phase of the study. The county wants to proceed with a local road improvement instead, which ended the study in 2008.
Study Documents
- Study Report (1.34MB, pdf)
The preparation of this report was financed in part with funding from United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), administered by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). The opinions, findings and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of USDOT, KDOT and MoDOT.