Chat with the Road Crew, 1 p.m. Wednesday
Wondering about road work? Ask the experts your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15.
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The "Reduced Speed Ahead" sign is typically used when the speed limit drop is more than 10 miles per hour. For situations where the drop is less, we typically use a four foot wide by one foot tall "Notice" as you indicate. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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With extensive, multi-faceted work continuing on Berry Road between Gramercy and Brownell, in Glendale, this stretch of the road remains closed to all forms of traffic. Due to hazards posed by heavy equipment, trenching, jackhammering, auguring, tree removal, etc., we respectfully ask the public to refrain from using this part of Berry Road for any purpose – including bicycling, walking and jogging. St. Louis County and Missouri American Water are currently working on Berry – with the County preparing to construct 1,000 feet of sidewalk on the west side of the street, and MoAM installing a new water main down the middle of Berry. The traffic prohibitions are expected to remain in place at least until year’s end. David Wrone, St. Louis County's Department of Transportation -
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Thank you for your kind words. This was a significant project that involved resurfacing 1.2 miles of James S. McDonnell's six lanes of pavement, as well as removal and replacement of deteriorated sidewalks and curbs and the construction of numerous wheelchair-accessible ramps. David Wrone, St. Louis County's Department of Transportation
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Transportation philosophy and policy is always changing, but is driven by the need (and desires) of the people served. It will continue to evolve in the future. You can see more here: https://www.transportation.gov/50/timeline and here: http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/handy/TTP220/TTP220_History2.pdf. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Comunications
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Is there an easier process to request speed humps in the city? Or do we still have to go through our Alderperson, wait for a traffic study, etc? There's been an increase in cars flying through stop signs on Lafayette, Blaine, McRee, and Folsom lately and speeding through Botanical Heights in general.
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The City has a "Traffic Calming Policy" to address speeding, cut-through traffic, and overall traffic safety on neighborhood streets. One of the more effective calming devices is the speed hump which is designed to slow traffic down to 15-20 mph. A majority of the time, the complaint to local Alderpersons is observed speeding by constituents in the neighborhoods. The policy provides for a speed study to be performed to verify whether speeding is occurring and if so, how excessive the problem is. If the study shows that excessive speeding is indeed occurring, the Alderperson can utilize their ward improvement funds to install a speed hump to address it. This is the current process in place for facilitating requests for humps, verifying if they're warranted, and providing for their installation as needed.
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I submitted a comment last week but was probably too late to be answered.
A couple of Sundays ago at around 10am I was sitting at a red light at northbound S. Laclede Station Rd at Heege waiting to make a left onto Watson Rd. The traffic signals at those intersections went through at least two full cycles before I got the green light. Somehow there was no green light for the traffic to make a left onto Watosn. Needless to say there was a long line of traffic behind me waiting to make the same left. Your thoughts? -