Kirk: Congrats to MoDOT for completing the first half of the 40/64 project early. I may have missed this question, so, please bear with me.

With the economy struggling the way it is, would it not be prudent to keep both halves of 40/64 open during the Christmas/Holiday season. This might facilitate shoppers getting to merchants during the shopping season.

Has this been discussed?

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: See my answer on this. I think you may have typed this twice.

Bart: Is there a date set for when the I-270/Dorsett Road interchange will be rebuilt? The last I heard, Edward Jones had made a financial contribution to help move the schedule up. I've heard the relocation of Progress Parkway begins this year.

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: The I-270 and Dorsett interchange will be rebuilt, but not until I-64 is complete. We are currently planning to start construction in 2010. The City of Maryland Heights is getting ready to start the relocation of Progress Parkway, but I don't have any specific date information on that project.

Linda Wilson

catsinmo: When will all of the traffic webcams get turned on? I see one on 170 near Ladue but it isn't on Gatewayguide.com

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: We will have several new cameras turn on hopefully in late December with the opening of the west half of I-64. There will be new cameras on the west end and new changeable message boards.

Linda Wilson

ibleedblue1968@: Thanks for your efforts.

My question pertains to the congestion every morning and evening on I-270. It appears that the issue stems from the railroad bridge over I-270 between Dougherty Ferry and Big Bend that causes there to be only 3 lanes each way. Is there any discussion about redoing that bridge or eliminating it, since the trains could take the route over I-270 just south of Big Bend's auto bridge to get to the same destinations?
If this isn't a priority, how do we get it to be a priority?

Thanks for your consideration on this.

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: The two railroad bridges on I-270 both north and south of Big Bend are a choke point for traffic. It actually affects both morning and evening rush hour. The railroad bridges are different railroad lines. We cannot close the line. In order to have a wider railroad bridge you have to build a new one and keep the existing one operational at all times. As you can imagine this is a major problem to trying to do something here. We have reviewed this for many years, but at this time have no plans to do this. It would be extremely costly and require a lot of expensive property.

Linda Wilson

John: Is Spoede Road open

Dan Galvin and Linda Wilson: We opened the bridge yesterday afternoon. You still cannot access I-64, but you can cross over it on Spoede.

Linda Wilson