Thanks for the detailed observation -- I have shared it with the construction team overseeing the work, and they will pass it along to the contractor. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
If they are encroaching on a public sidewalk, I might start with the municipality police department. They tend to be the right organization for enforcement/public safety issues. I believe that is a small portion of Vinita Park. You might also check with the municipality. I have shared it with our team in that area in case they are aware of any additional issues, and so they can watch for it in the future if they are in that area. If they are only on the Page Avenue sidewalk, you can also let our customer service team know (1-888-275-6636) or 314-275-1500 and we can ask our area team to give the dealership a call. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
In last week's chat, a motorist asked about potentially malfunctioning signals on Graham Road, between Lindbergh and I-270. Per the driver, several signals are cycling for traffic when no traffic is present. I checked with our signals group and was informed that the culprits responsible for this phenomenon are damaged loop detectors - pavement-imbedded devices that "sense" when vehicles are present at a particular intersection and which activate a signal's cycling system. Many of Graham Road's loop detectors have been damaged during our ongoing improvement project on the road, and will be replaced once work is complete next spring/early summer. David Wrone, St. Louis County's Department of Transportation
A lot of that depends on exactly where the right of way lines are. MoDOT typically mows grass along the interstates about four or five times over the course of a growing season. We have roughly 6,000 miles of shoulder in the greater St. Louis area alone that we maintain. Our main concern (although not our only one) is making sure that drivers are able to see when entering or exiting the interstates for that mowing. Once at year, at the end of the growing season, we do a full mow out to the edge of our right of way (to take down all the brush and small trees that started over the year. There are several reasons why arbitrarily spraying a weed killer may not be the best choice, including environmental concerns and the expressed desire from many of our customers to try to leave certain areas available for pollinators. We typically only work on overgrown trees that are affecting the sight distance on the roadway as well. If you see an area where weeds over overgrown trees are impacting your view onto the interstate, please feel free to call our customer service team at 314-275-1500 to let us know. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
Aesthetic treatments within state maintained right of way, like you describe at Elm and I-44, are maintained by municipalities or other sponsoring organizations by agreement with the department. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communciations
it's on our list - thanks again!
Thanks -- I can share that with our traffic team. When you asked the question the last time, they let me know that they were planning to implement new midday and weekend timing plans soon, but that they needed to wait until traffic normalized more, post pandemic, for new morning and afternoon timing plans. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
Although we have studied the area, there are many issues, most notably the railroad bridge, that make it a very expensive project. Currently, we have not identified full funding for the work identified in that study. We do continue to look for, and work on ways to fund, portions of that full project to make improvements, as we can, in that area. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
I believe this is our maintenance responsibility, and will forward your request to our Operations group. David Wrone, St. Louis County's Department of Transportation
Not at this time. We have studied that area, and have an overall concept, but it is too expensive for us to fund at this time. We are looking at what pieces of that overall concept we can construct with the funding that we have. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
Last week, there were daytime right lane closures on EB I-44 near Kingshighway & Vandeventer.
In last week's chat, a motorist asked about potentially malfunctioning signals on Graham Road, between Lindbergh and I-270. Per the driver, several signals are cycling for traffic when no traffic is present. I checked with our signals group and was informed that the culprits responsible for this phenomenon are damaged loop detectors - pavement-imbedded devices that "sense" when vehicles are present at a particular intersection and which activate a signal's cycling system. Many of Graham Road's loop detectors have been damaged during our ongoing improvement project on the road, and will be replaced once work is complete next spring/early summer. David Wrone, St. Louis County's Department of Transportation