I did pass this along to the construction team working on the I-64 at Jefferson project, and they mention that the signals are coordinated. This is one of those issues where they have to carefully balance the signal timing in all directions. The biggest concern, especially in the evening, is a heavy eastbound turning movement onto Jefferson. Since they don't want that ramp to back up onto the highway, they have to give that traffic a good amount of signal time, which impacts the traffic heading southbound on Jefferson. In the morning, there is a lot of northbound traffic heading to westbound I-64 -- since there is no longer a flashing arrow, that impacts traffic heading southbound on Jefferson in the morning. They are continuing to monitor the flow of traffic and do what they can. We do appreciate your patience as we continue working through the on-going construction here. The backups should ease as we finish the project later this year. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
I've forwarded the issue regarding tree limbs obscuring our signals on Forest Park Parkway @ Pershing to our Operations group for action. Thank you for bringing the matter to our attention. David Wrone, St. Louis County's Department of Transportation
For the MoDOT portion: for Fee Fee, I have passed that along to our traffic experts to make sure that everything is set up correctly. As far as Olive/Lindbergh, that is a permit project (a project not developed or constructed by MoDOT, although there is some oversight). They had to do some redesign work and then work through the process to finish that project. We are told that will happen later this summer. Finally, Olive east of I-270 to the county's portion is set to be resurfaced in 2024. Until then, our crews will continue to patch and maintain the roadway. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
Although the surrounding communities funded and designed the project for the trail connections, MoDOT will oversee the construction of them. The project to do that has been recently awarded, and construction should start soon. The work should be complete by the end of the year. Since there is still construction underway, albeit for the trail connections, I would anticipate the staging area would be restored sometime after that work is done. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
I did pass this along to the construction team working on the I-64 at Jefferson project, and they mention that the signals are coordinated. This is one of those issues where they have to carefully balance the signal timing in all directions. The biggest concern, especially in the evening, is a heavy eastbound turning movement onto Jefferson. Since they don't want that ramp to back up onto the highway, they have to give that traffic a good amount of signal time, which impacts the traffic heading southbound on Jefferson. In the morning, there is a lot of northbound traffic heading to westbound I-64 -- since there is no longer a flashing arrow, that impacts traffic heading southbound on Jefferson in the morning. They are continuing to monitor the flow of traffic and do what they can. We do appreciate your patience as we continue working through the on-going construction here. The backups should ease as we finish the project later this year. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications