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Missouri River Corridor
Environmental Impact Study
Project description
The Missouri River Corridor project will decide which transportation projects — if any — will be built to improve safety and mobility in the corridor. The corridor is a proposed 40-kilometer (24.8 mile) roadway to be located in the cities of Kansas City, Sugar Creek and Independence, and parts of unincorporated Jackson County, Missouri. Three segments comprise the corridor:
- I-435 to Sterling Avenue
- South Riverfront Expressway from Sterling Avenue to Route 24
- Little Blue Expressway from Route 24 to 39th Street and Selsa Road
The Missouri River Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Study (EIS) is a joint project of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Missouri Transportation Department and MARC to address existing and emerging transportation needs, and support growth and development of the communities along the Missouri River Corridor. The EIS focused on how proposed improvements would impact the community and environmental issues.
The Missouri River Corridor environmental studies for I-435 to Sterling Avenue and Little Blue Expressway have been completed. The FHWA approved the environmental assessments and issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (September 2005).
The Chouteau Trafficway section is currently under study as an Environmental Assessment. This study is anticipated to be complete in 2006.
The Front Street section (between I-29/I-35 and Chouteau Trafficway) is currently under study as an Environmental Assessment.
The environmental documentation for the section between Sterling Avenue and U.S. 24 is currently on hold.
Final environmental assessments (September 2005)
I-435 to Sterling Ave. Expressway
- Introduction (295KB, pdf)
- Section 1: Purpose and Need (671KB, pdf)
- Section 2: Project Alternatives (170KB, pdf)
- Section
3: Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
- Pages 1-15 (1.1MB, pdf)
- Pages 16-30 (1.6MB, pdf)
- Section 4: Coordination (39KB, pdf)
- Appendix A: Updated ROW Acquisition and Relocation Estimates (61KB, pdf)
- Appendix
B: Agency Correspondence
- Pages 1-20 (1.1MB, pdf)
- Pages 21-40 (951KB, pdf)
- Pages 41-60 (941KB, pdf)
- Pages 61-80 (691KB, pdf)
- Pages 81-100 (1.0MB, pdf)
- Pages 101-122 (985KB, pdf)
Little Blue Expressway
- Introduction (161KB, pdf)
- Section 1: Purpose and Need (724KB, pdf)
- Section 2: Project Alternatives (351KB, pdf)
- Section
3: Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
- Pages 1-10 (835KB, pdf)
- Pages 11-22 (984KB, pdf)
- Pages 23-32 (939KB, pdf)
- Section 4: Coordination (41KB, pdf)
- Appendix A: Updated ROW Acquisition and Relocation Estimates (74KB, pdf)
- Appendix
B: Agency Correspondence
- Pages 1-15 (1.0MB, pdf)
- Pages 16-30 (929KB, pdf)
- Pages 31-45 (975KB, pdf)
- Pages 46-60 (758KB, pdf)
- Pages 61-75 (726KB, pdf)
- Pages 76-90 (1.0MB, pdf)
- Pages 91-105 (951KB, pdf)
- Pages 106-116 (605KB, pdf)
Anticipated Schedule (Source: Kansas City Business Journal - June 9, 2006 by Phil Glynn)
- Phase 1-3: This section is completed, open to traffic and runs from Hwy 40 to 39th Street across I-70 at the far south end of the planned expressway.
- Phase 4: This piece, which runs from 39th Street to R.D. Mize Road, will begin construction in the summer of 2007 and end in the winter of 2008.
- Phase 5: From R.D. Mize to Necessary Road, this section should be under construction in the fall of 2007 and finished in the spring of 2009.
- Phase 6: This stretch will connect Necessary and Truman roads. Construction will begin in the summer of 2008 and conclude in the winter of 2009.
- Phase 10: In the summer of 2008, the final phase of the project will begin at the north end of the planned expressway. Beginning with Phase 10, the expressway project will move south and connect with stages already under way. The interchange that will allow access from Hwy 24 to the expressway will be completed in the summer of 2009.
- Phase 9: This piece, which will have begun just before Phase 10, is exprected to wrap up in the summer of 2009, connecting the new interchange to Bundschu Road.
- Phase 7: In the spring of 2009, Phase 7 will be under construction, connecting Truman Road to Hwy 78. This section is exprected to be completed in the winter of 2010.
- Phase 8: This section - the final phase when viewed chronologically - should be finished in the winter of 2010. The project - progressing from the north and south - will meet in the middle, connecting Hwy 78 to Bundschu Road.