Currently, the express lanes are closed to work on the ramp from the express lanes to Broadway as part of the Broadway Bridge over I-44 rebuild. Traffic levels are consistently heavier on the westbound lanes of I-44 into the city during both the morning and evening rush. Although splitting the lanes might be an option, all of the existing bridges along that stretch would have to be reconstructed, as portions of the support structures are between the express lanes and the eastbound and westbound lanes. Splitting the lanes as you describe would be unsafe, as there would be a concrete post next to your fast lane. There isn't enough space to simply put a concrete barrier down the middle of the express lanes to have an additional lane of traffic in each direction, separated by a barrier wall, either. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
Thanks for reporting the burnt out red light. I have shared that with our signal team. As far as the other concern, I have discussed that previously with our traffic team for the area, and after they went out and investigated, they shared with me that the signal that you reference is, in fact, correctly positioned at this time. Since it is turned around differently from the image you shared from 2002, it's probably for a future phase of the subdivision construction. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
I'll ask the traffic team/permit team to go out and take a look at this and see if something needs to be adjusted. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
We still have several bridges along the I-44 corridor that will need attention in the coming years, so we still will be working along corridor for some time. At this time, we don't have any funding identified for that work. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
If I understand where you are talking about, the movement from Chesterfield Parkway to the South Outer 40 is a two-lane left turn. Due to safety concerns with traffic in one lane blocking the clear view of the on-coming traffic, we don't make two-lane left turns blinking yellow. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications.
Sounds like a traffic counter. We have a project coming up along Watson, currently set for 2024, and they need to have good traffic counts. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
Thank you for bringing this concern to my attention. This is a temporary condition that will be corrected in near future...Larry Tyler / Streets & Traffic Liaison
We've run into an unexpected conflict with an underground utility system near the project site, and are working as quickly as possible to resolve the issue. I don't have a time line to share, but will post again on the subject in a future Road Crew. David Wrone, St. Louis County's Department of Transportation.
I've passed this along to our traffic team to take a look at this signal and see if they can make any improvements. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
As I understand, we do have traffic experts watching the movement of traffic along the corridor (including the detour routes). I'll ask our construction team to have them verify that all the appropriate movements are in place here. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
I know in the past the i-70 express lanes were 'reversible.' i'm guessing that is a thing of the past? Also there never seems to be that many vehicles on the express lanes especially during rush hour times so in essence they don't seem very beneficial and perhaps a better use of that are would be to widen i-70 on both sides to keep the bottlenecks down?
Currently, the express lanes are closed to work on the ramp from the express lanes to Broadway as part of the Broadway Bridge over I-44 rebuild. Traffic levels are consistently heavier on the westbound lanes of I-44 into the city during both the morning and evening rush. Although splitting the lanes might be an option, all of the existing bridges along that stretch would have to be reconstructed, as portions of the support structures are between the express lanes and the eastbound and westbound lanes. Splitting the lanes as you describe would be unsafe, as there would be a concrete post next to your fast lane. There isn't enough space to simply put a concrete barrier down the middle of the express lanes to have an additional lane of traffic in each direction, separated by a barrier wall, either. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
We've run into an unexpected conflict with an underground utility system near the project site, and are working as quickly as possible to resolve the issue. I don't have a time line to share, but will post again on the subject in a future Road Crew. David Wrone, St. Louis County's Department of Transportation.