jeff: I noticed numerous street closures in Richmond Heights last night, all streets leading to Boland and cutting off access to Big Bend. Is that permanent?

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: The city of Richmond Heights made three streets one-way northbound only between Boland and Big Bend. Our understanding from the City is they will leave this like this until the Hanley bridge over I-64 reopens later this summer.

Linda Wilson

Colleen: Yesterday Richmond Heights/Clayton closed Boland, Claytonia and Moreland at Clayton Road causing stop and go traffic between Hanley and McCausland. Now, drivers only have Bellevue as an option to go south across the construction from Clayton Road between Brentwood and McCausland. Traveling Bellevue was also stop and go, with the added risk of blocking access to St. Mary's hospital. I understand the neighborhoods are worried about traffic, but these closures inconvenience them too. Could there have been any other options? I have always respectfully driven through these neighborhoods, even before the construction, and the only problem was congestion caused by parking on both sides of the street. Could parking be limited to one side?

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: This was a decision by the City of Richmond Heights and these are their streets. It is our understanding this will be in place until the Hanley bridge over I-64 reopens later this summer. I do not know what other options they considered. This was their decision based on what they thought was best for their city and their residents.

Linda Wilson

knifeman1: I know last year at the end of the 1st phase you had to close the east side to open the entire west half; not being able to open the west half in sections. Since you don't have any closures next year is there a possibiltity to open a few exits at a time moving west from Kingshighway? Thanks.

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: We do not plan to open any portions of the east half in sections. Our regional plan for handling traffic with the closed highway is all based on Kingshighway to I-170. It is not good for handling interstate traffic to have an interstate end at a smaller street. We will open the east half from end to end when it is ready, no later than December 31.

Linda Wilson

dougprior: I-170 was orginally numbered that way because is was a spur from I-70 to RTE 40. When the project is finished, rte 40 will officially be I-64. Will I-170 be renumbered as an even-munbered 3-digit interstate highway?
Thank you.

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: I-170 was built to be the inner loop for I-270. It actually connects from I-270 to I-64. At one point, we studied the idea of taking it to I-44 and I-55. That plan was dropped as a priority by the region over a decade ago. I-170 still serves as a loop road, similar to I-270 and it will continue to be designated as I-170. Three digit interstates are always loop or bypass roads typically found in urban areas.

Linda Wilson

dweebe: Can you please see what can be done about the cement trucks and dumptrucks that are coming up from I-64 on the Clayton Rd exit ramp? They are not observing the stoplight and pulling straight out into traffic after slowing down and not coming to a complete stop.

North/south traffic will have the right of way on Skinker/McCausland but the trucks will pull into the the traffic. I've seen this happen three times.

An accident is going to happen if this continues. You guys need to get a flagman up there to have traffic hold up when those trucks need to get onto Skinker/McCausland.

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: I'll mention this to our safety manager.

Dan